Legal Opinion
Rodriguez v. City of N.Y.
District Court, S.D. Illinois
Decided March 5, 2018No. 16 Civ. 744 (KPF)PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KATHERINE POLK FAILLA, District Judge1 :
On May 23, 2013, Plaintiff Ernesto Rodriguez was arrested and charged with a narcotics offense that was alleged to have occurred two weeks earlier, on May 9, *4032013. After prosecutors dismissed the charges, Plaintiff brought claims against Sergeant Fredy Cruz and Officers Alejandro Rivas, Felix Acosta, Danny Guzman, and Brendan Regan (the "Officers") of the New York City Police Department ("NYPD"), as well as the City of New York (collectively, "Defendants"), under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for false arrest, malicious prosecution, fabrication of evidence and…
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