Ortiz v. Codella

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Larry S. Schachner, J.), entered August 19, 2013, which granted defendant Codella’s motion to change venue from Bronx County to New York County pursuant to CPLR 504 (3), unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiff seeks to recover damages for malicious prosecution and violation of his civil rights under 42 USC § 1983, alleging that he was wrongfully convicted of a murder he did not commit based on serious misconduct by the individual defendants, then employed by the New York City Housing Authority and New York City Police Department. Plaintiff’s…