Drayton v. City of New York

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ---------------------------------------------------------- X DONOVAN DRAYTON, : : Plaintiff, : : 17-cv-7091 (BMC) - against - : : MEMORANDUM DECISION AND THE CITY OF NEW YORK, et al., : ORDER : Defendants. : : ---------------------------------------------------------- X COGAN, District Judge. Plaintiff brought this

42 U.S.C. § 1983

action against police officers Edwin Estrada and Brian Volpi, seeking damages for his alleged false arrest and malicious prosecution for possession of crack cocaine.1 The jury found defendants liable for false…