SINGLETON v. CITY OF NEW YORK

No. 596, Docket 79-7628.

632 F.2d 185 (1980)

Jerome SINGLETON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF NEW YORK, Ronald Salzer and Anthony Dellaventura, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided September 25, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest Holzberg, New York City, for plaintiff-appellant.

L. Kevin Sheridan, Asst. Corp. Counsel, New York City (Allen G. Schwartz, Corp. Counsel of the City of New York, Ronald E. Sternberg, Douglas E. Libby, New York City, of counsel), for defendants-appellees.

Before WATERMAN and MANSFIELD, Circuit Judges, and WEINSTEIN, District Judge.


MANSFIELD, Circuit Judge:

Jerome Singleton appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York entered by Judge Constance Baker Motley on September 9, 1979, dismissing plaintiff's complaint against the City of New York and two of its police officers under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that in violation of his constitutional rights he was assaulted, falsely arrested and maliciously prosecuted for resisting arrest. The...

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