Legal Opinion
Brian O'Hagan v. Hector L. Soto
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 16, 1984No. 356, Docket 82-7286PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Per curiam
This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court for the Southern District of New York (Constance Baker 'Motley, Chief Judge) awarding $1 in nominal damages to plaintiff Brian O’Hagan against defendant Hector L. Soto, a detective in the Haver-straw, New York, police department. Because we agree with Soto’s contention that he was entitled to qualified immunity in the circumstances of this case, we reverse.
O’Hagan brought suit against Soto under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Supp. V 1981), alleging a denial of his Sixth Amendment right to counsel. The deprivation allegedly occurred when Soto,…
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