Ponder v. Albany County Sheriff's Department

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (McNamara, J.), entered April 26, 2002 in Albany County, which, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion for partial summary judgment.

In this action, plaintiff asserted various causes of action based on his claim that defendant’s officers — who knew of his past drug trafficking — unlawfully arrested him and seized his property when they removed him from an outbound Greyhound bus, took him to a police station, questioned him about his purpose for traveling to New York City and retained $3,185 found in his pocket. Defendant moved for summary judgment…