Legal Opinion
Jie Yin v. NFTA
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided May 19, 2016No. 1:11-CV-00780 EAWPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
ELIZABETH A. WOLFORD, United States District Judge
INTRODUCTION
This case involves an attempted bus trip from Buffalo to Niagara Falls that went *264awry over a 55 cent fare dispute, and according to the plaintiff, ended up with a serious violation of her constitutional rights. Plaintiff Jie Yin (“Plaintiff’), represented by counsel, brings this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, against Defendants Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (“NFTA”) and NFTA Police Officer Victor Alvarado (collectively “Defendants”). Plaintiff contends that her efforts to travel from Buffalo to…
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