BAEZ v. HENNESSY

Nos. 921, 1084, Dockets 87-7834, 87-7872.

853 F.2d 73 (1988)

William Padua BAEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Richard A. HENNESSY, Jr., Individually and in his Official Capacity as District Attorney for Onondaga County, the County of Onondaga and Gary J. Corbett, Defendants, Richard A. Hennessy, Jr., Individually and in his Official Capacity as District Attorney for Onondaga County, Defendant-Appellee. William Padua BAEZ, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Richard A. HENNESSY, Jr., Individually and in his Official Capacity as District Attorney for Onondaga County, the County of Onondaga and Gary J. Corbett, Defendants, the County of Onondaga, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided July 27, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eileen Perry, Deputy Co. Atty., Syracuse, N.Y. (Jon A. Gerber, Co. Atty., Syracuse, N.Y., of counsel), for defendant-appellant County of Onondaga and defendant-appellee Richard A. Hennessy, Jr.

Gary T. Kelder, Syracuse, N.Y. (Edward Z. Menkin, Syracuse, N.Y., of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee/plaintiff-appellant William Padua Baez.

Before VAN GRAAFEILAND, NEWMAN and WINTER, Circuit Judges.


VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judge:

William Baez appeals from a summary judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York (McCurn, J.) which dismissed Baez's section 1983 action against Richard A. Hennessy, District Attorney of Onondaga County, on the ground of absolute privilege. Onondaga County appeals from the district court's order denying its motion for summary judgment. We affirm the dismissal of the complaint as to Hennessy but...

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