Lockhead v. Weinstein

MEMORANDUM ***

Plaintiff-appellant Brian Lockhead (Lockhead) appeals summary judgment against him on his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim against defendants Debra Weinstein and the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA). After being acquitted of the charges of assault and intimidation stemming from Weinstein’s complaint against him, Lockhead sued Weinstein, a YWCA employee. Lockhead argued that Weinstein worked in concert with state authorities to falsely arrest and prosecute him, and therefore that she and the YWCA acted under “color of state law” to violate his federal rights and were hable under…