Velaire v. City of Schenectady, NY

AMENDED MEMORANDUM-DECISION & ORDER

McAVOY, Chief Judge.

The plaintiff in the instant 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action brings suit against the named defendants alleging violations of certain rights under the constitution, as well as various state causes of action. Presently before the court are defendants’ motions for summary judgment pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 56(b). Judgment is hereby granted for the defendants.

I. BACKGROUND

On October 16, 1991, the plaintiff Vici Velaire was visiting her mother, a patient at defendant Ellis Hospital in Schenectady New York. Responding to noises from a disturbance within…