Legal Opinion
Sadallah v. City of Utica
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 3, 2004No. 03-9055PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judge.
Defendants-appellants Edward Hanna (“Hanna”)1 and City of Utica (the “City”) (collectively, “defendants”) appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York (Hurd, J.) denying Hanna qualified immunity. Because we find that plaintiffs have failed to allege facts sufficient to make out a constitutional claim under the “stigma plus” doctrine, see Morris v. Lindau, 196 F.3d 102, 114 (2d Cir.1999), we reverse the district court’s denial of qualified immunity to Hanna. Moreover, because our holding concerning Hanna’s entitlement…
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