Legal Opinion
Amato v. City of Saratoga Springs
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 15, 1999No. Docket No. 97-9623PublishedCited by 137 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judge JACOBS concurs in a separate opinion.
SAND, District Judge:
A. Procedural Background
Following a post-arrest altercation with police, plaintiff-appellant Paul Amato (“Ama-to”) brought this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1988 against the City of Sarato-*313ga Springs (“City”), the Saratoga Springs Police Department (“Police Department”), the police chief, Kenneth King (“King”), the police commissioner, Lewis Benton III (“Benton”), Sgt. Robert Flanagan (“Flanagan”), and Lt. Lynn Thomas (“Thomas”)1.
In a Memorandum, Decision and Order, dated July 10, 1997, Chief Judge Thomas J. McAvoy of…
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