VELEZ v. CITY OF NEW YORK

Docket No. 12-1965-cv.

730 F.3d 128 (2013)

Towanda VELEZ, as personal representative of the Estate of Anthony Velez, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF NEW YORK, Rudolph Hall, and Michael Ruggiero, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: September 18, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael G. O'Neill, ESQ. , New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Kathy H. Chang , Assistant Corporation Counsel ( Larry A. Sonnenshein , Assistant Corporation Counsel, on the brief), for Michael A. Cardozo, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: LYNCH, LOHIER, and CARNEY, Circuit Judges.


GERARD E. LYNCH, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-appellant Towanda Velez ("plaintiff"), representing the estate of her deceased son, Anthony Velez, brought this action against defendants-appellees the City of New York, and two New York City police officers, Rudolph Hall and Michael Ruggiero, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Eric N. Vitaliano, Judge), alleging that the defendants were...

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