Paredes v. City of New York

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Matthew F. Cooper, J.), entered December 18, 2008, which, insofar as appealed from as limited by the briefs, granted defendants-respondents’ cross motion for summary judgment dismissing the malicious prosecution cause of action, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Respondents established their prima facie entitlement to summary judgment dismissing the malicious prosecution cause of action by submitting evidence establishing that there was probable cause to arrest and prosecute plaintiff, as the undercover officer identified plaintiff as the person who…