Legal Opinion
Higginbotham v. City of New York
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided May 12, 2015No. 14-cv-8549 (PKC)(RLE)PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM'AND ORDER
CASTEL, District Judge.
Plaintiff Douglas Higginbotham brings this action against defendants the City of New York (the “City”), Police Office Curtis Sylvester, Police Sergeant Christophe Tomlinson, and an unnamed police captain, asserting six claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He alleges that, while working as a journalist covering an Occupy Wall Street protest, he was arrested without probable cause and prevented from exercising his First Amendment rights. The defendants now move to dismiss the complaint pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6), Fed. R.Civ.P. For the following reasons, the *372mo…
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