Legal Opinion
Diaz v. Pataki
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided April 26, 2005No. 03 Civ. 10194(SHS)PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION & ORDER '
STEIN, District Judge.
Introduction
Oscar Diaz brings this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for alleged violations of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. Diaz claims that New York State’s lis pendens statute, N.Y. C.P.L.R. §§ 6501-6515 violates his rights to. due process and equal protection of the law's both on its face and as applied to him.
Defendants New York State Governor George E. Pataki, Attorney General Elliot Spitzer, Comptroller Alan Hevesi, and Bronx County Clerk Hector Diaz have now moved pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) to…
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