Lynch v. City of N.Y.

WILLIAM H. PAULEY III, Senior United States District Judge:

James Lynch, Lloyd Jones, and Baron Spencer bring this putative federal civil rights and common law false imprisonment class action against the City of New York. The City moves to dismiss Plaintiffs' constitutional claims for failure to state a claim and urges this Court to decline supplemental jurisdiction over the false imprisonment claims. For the reasons that follow, the City's motion to dismiss is denied.

BACKGROUND

This case concerns the constitutionality of pre-trial detention of people who have obtained judicial orders entitling…