Sofia v. Esposito

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ROBERT V. SOFIA, Plaintiff, 17 Civ. 1829 (KPF) -v.- OPINION AND ORDER GARY D. ESPOSITO, Defendant. KATHERINE POLK FAILLA, District Judge: On February 23, 2016, Plaintiff Robert V. Sofia and Defendant Gary D. Esposito, former co-owners of a comic book store, got into a physical altercation inside the U.S. Bankruptcy Courthouse in lower Manhattan. On March 10, 2017, Plaintiff filed a complaint, pro se, in this Court alleging assault and asserting federal question jurisdiction as the basis for the Court’s jurisdiction. Later, with the…