Legal Opinion
Whiting v. Lacara
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 23, 1999No. Docket Nos. 98-908(L), 98-9429(CON)PublishedCited by 162 opinions
1Per curiam
Garrett R. Lacara appeals from two orders of Judge Spatt denying Lacara’s motions to withdraw as counsel for plaintiff-appellee Joseph M. Whiting. Although the record before Judge Spatt justified denial of the motions, amplification of Whiting’s position at oral argument persuades us to reverse.1
BACKGROUND
In July 1996, appellee, a former police officer, filed a civil rights action against Nassau County, the Incorporated Village of Old Brooksville, the Old Brooksville Police Department, other villages, and various individual defendants. The action was based on the termination of his employment…
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