Legal Opinion
Brown v. City of New York
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 19, 2015No. Docket 14-2611PublishedCited by 171 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JON 0. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.
A pre-dawn sidewalk conversation between police officers and a member of the public that began with a request for help finding a bathroom escalated into a confrontation, an arrest, a struggle, a use of force and pepper spray, a lawsuit, and now this appeal from dismissal of the lawsuit. Imani Brown appeals from the June 18, 2014, judgment of the District Court for the Southern District of New York (Katherine B. Forrest, District Judge), granting a motion for summary judgment by New York City police officers Justin Naimoli and Theodore Plevritis and the City of New…
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