Legal Opinion
Smylis v. City of New York
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 7, 1997No. 97 CIV. 4198(LAK)PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
KAPLAN, District Judge.
The fundamental dispute between the parties is whether the Corporation Counsel of the. City of New York acted inappropriately under state law in failing to afford plaintiff, a City employee who already has pleaded guilty to departmental charges in connection with the underlying incidents, with a defense against charges that he violated the civil rights of inmates under his supervision. This has not stopped plaintiff from invoking the very civil rights laws under which he has been sued by the inmates against the Corporation Counsel in an effort to make…
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