Chubbs v. City of New York

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

WEINSTEIN, District Judge.

This is a civil rights case (70-C-996) against an arresting officer and the City of New York seeking damages of $1,500,-000 for false arrest and illegal detention. 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff was arrested one evening, as he claims without probable cause; identified by the complaining witness almost immediately; and held, in his submission illegally, until the next morning when he was arraigned. The arrest led to plaintiff’s conviction after trial by jury of first degree sodomy and burglary and second degree assault. He received a sentence of…