Legal Opinion
Stanczyk v. City of New York
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided June 24, 2013No. Case No. 11-CV-0249 (FB)(RER)PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
BLOCK, Senior District Judge:
I
On March 21, 2013, the jury returned a verdict finding defendant police officers Shaun Grossweiler and Richard DeMartino (“defendants”) liable for the use of excessive force against plaintiff Anna Stanczyk during an altercation that began when they accused her of failing to clean up after her dog.1 The jury awarded Stanczyk $55,000 in compensatory damages and $2,000 in punitive damages against each defendant officer, for a total of $59,000. Plaintiff now moves for attorneys’ fees and costs under 42 U.S.C. § 1988 and Federal Rule of Civil…
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