LIFFITON v. KEUKER

No. 519, Docket 87-6158.

850 F.2d 73 (1988)

Jack D. LIFFITON and Kathleen A. Liffiton, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Karl KEUKER, Assistant Deputy Attorney General, Organized Crime Task Force State of New York, Jonathan Friedman, Assistant Deputy Attorney General State of New York, State of New York Assistant Deputy Attorney General, Richard Arcara, District Attorney County of Erie, George Quinlan, Assistant District Attorney County of Erie, County of Erie State of New York, Salvatore Martoche, UNITED STATES Attorney, Michael Brady, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Roger Williams, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Rodney Personius, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Philip Smith, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Steven Naum, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Glen Reukauf, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Joseph Coyne, Federal Bureau of Investigation, John McQuigan, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Marshal Cappelli, District Director Internal Revenue Service, Vincent DiNatele, Special Agent Internal Revenue Service, Robert Brauch, Special Agent Internal Revenue Service, Richard Roszicki, Special Agent, Department of the Treasurer Internal Revenue Service, Theodore Kasler, Supreme Court Justice, Kevin Sullivan, Key Bank, Robert Deemer, Paul Sciabarrasi, Bank of New York, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided June 21, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Liffiton, pro se, Getzville, N.Y., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Alan W. Rubenstein, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen. for the State of New York, Peter H. Schiff, Deputy Sol. Gen., William J. Kogan, Asst. Sol. Gen., Albany, N.Y., of counsel), for New York State defendants-appellees.

Denise E. O'Donnell, Asst. U.S. Atty., Buffalo, N.Y. (Roger P. Williams, U.S. Atty. for W.D.N.Y., of counsel), for U.S. defendants-appellees.

James S. Marvin (Damon & Morey, Buffalo, N.Y., of counsel), for Bank of New York defendants-appellees.

Alan P. Gerstman, Asst. Erie County Atty., Buffalo, N.Y. (Judith A. Avent, Erie County Atty., of counsel), for Erie County defendants-appellees.

Before LUMBARD, OAKES, and PRATT, Circuit Judges.


GEORGE C. PRATT, Circuit Judge:

Jack and Kathleen Liffiton filed a complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and other federal statutes, against numerous defendants: New York State, a state supreme court justice, and two state prosecutors; Erie County and two of its prosecutors; a federal agency and federal officers; and the Bank of New York and three of its former employees. They alleged that the defendants had violated their civil rights in the conduct of an...

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