Legal Opinion
Velez v. City of New York
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 18, 2013No. Docket No. 12-1965-cvPublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GERARD E. LYNCH, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-appellant Towanda Velez (“plaintiff’), representing the estate of her deceased son, Anthony Velez, brought this action against defendants-appellees the City of New York, and two New York City police officers, Rudolph Hall and Michael Ruggiero, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Eric N. Vitaliano, Judge), alleging that the defendants were liable for her son’s death.1 Anthony Velez (“Velez”) was shot and killed shortly after a team of officers acting under Ruggiero’s supervision searched an apartment based on a…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Cash v. County of ErieCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2011
- Elizabeth Gordon v. New York City Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2000
- Zellner v. SummerlinCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2007
- Cobb v. PozziCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2004
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3Cited by76 opinions
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- Bryant v. CiminelliDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 2017
- Callahan v. WilsonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2017
- Ferreira v. City of BinghamtonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2020
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