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COVINGTON v. CITY OF NEW YORK

Docket No. 96-2026.

171 F.3d 117 (1999)

Ronnie COVINGTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The CITY OF NEW YORK; New York City Police Department; Lee P. Brown, Commissioner, New York City Police Department; Raymond Kelly, First Deputy Commissioner, New York City Police Department; Robert Johnston, Chief, New York City Police Department; "A Doe", Tour Commander, 108 Pct., New York City Police Department; "B Doe", Desk Lieutenant, 108 Pct., New York City Police Department; "C Doe", Sergeant-Supervisor, 108 Pct., New York City Police Dept.; Jacques Guillois, Police Officer, 108 Pct., New York City Police Department; "D-Doe", Police Officer, 108 Pct., New York City Police Department; "Four Other Police Officers", 108 Pct., New York City Police Department; County of Queens, New York; John J. Santucci, District Attorney, Queens County; "K Doe", Assistant District Attorney, Queens County, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided March 18, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

(Ronnie Covington, Pro Se, Comstock, NY).

(Paul A. Crotty, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, Margaret G. King, Assistant Corporation Counsel, New York, NY, of counsel), for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: PARKER, Circuit Judge, EGINTON and GLASSER, District Judges.

Vacated and Remanded. Judge Glasser dissents with a separate opinion.

PARKER, Circuit Judge.

Ronnie Covington, pro se, appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Eugene H. Nickerson, Judge), entered June 5, 1995, dismissing his civil rights complaint, alleging, inter alia, a false arrest claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and from a judgment entered November 9, 1995 denying Covington...

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