Legal Opinion
Diesel v. Town of Lewisboro
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 9, 2000No. Nos. 1405(L), 1722(XAP), Dockets 99-7831(L), 99-7840(XAP)PublishedCited by 289 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JACOBS, Circuit Judge:
Dennis Diesel, a New York State Trooper, brought this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and New York state law against several other members of the New York State Police. Diesel had cooperated with an internal affairs investigation involving misconduct by State Police officers in Peekskill. In a subsequent unrelated incident, Diesel was found early one morning in Lewisboro, passed out or asleep behind the wheel of an official car. Diesel alleged that in retaliation for his cooperation in the Peekskill investigation, the defendants conducted an excessive,…
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