Dorce v. City of New York

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK McCONNELL DORCE, et al., Plaintiffs, -v- CIVIL ACTION NO.: 19 Civ. 2216 (JLR) (SLC) CITY OF NEW YORK, et al., OPINION & ORDER Defendants. SARAH L. CAVE, United States Magistrate Judge. I.INTRODUCTION Plaintiffs McConnell Dorce, Cecilia Jones, and Sherlivia Thomas-Muchison (together, “Plaintiffs”), brought this putative class action alleging that Defendants1 used and conspired to use in rem proceedings to seize Plaintiffs’ properties based on asserted tax debts, and have failed to compensate Plaintiffs for the excess value of their…