Legal Opinion
Abreu v. City of New York
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided September 25, 2009No. 1:08-cv-01109PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
VITALIANO, District Judge.
Plaintiff Elias Abreu brings this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against defendants the City of New York, the New York City Department of Correction (“DOC”), Correction Officer Shaniqua Watson, and Correction Officers John Does 1-3 (the “John Doe defendants”). Abreu, an inmate at the Anna M. Kross Center (AMKC) on Rikers Island, asserts three violations of his constitutional rights: first, that Watson used excessive force by assaulting him with mace and causing injury to his right hand; second, that Watson and the John Doe defendants…
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