Order unanimously modified and, as modified, affirmed, without costs.
Memorandum:
The order is modified by dismissing the fourth cause of action as against Sheriff Lombard. It is well established that the Sheriff is not liable for the acts of his deputies in the performance of their criminal duties (see Barr v County of Albany,
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