BROWN v. COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER

Nos. 93 Civ 2700 (VLB), 92 Civ 8367 (VLB).

840 F.Supp. 25 (1993)

Woodrow BROWN, Plaintiff, v. COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER, Westchester County Correctional Officer Harry Bannister (#4260), Westchester County Correctional Officer Carmen (#82), Westchester County Correctional Captain "John Doe," Defendants. Harry BANNISTER, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF YONKERS, Yonkers Police Department, Police Officer Brown, Police Officer John Doe, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

December 22, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James I. Meyerson, New York City, for plaintiff Brown.

Barbara F. Sukowski, Asst. County Atty., White Plains, NY, for defendants in No. 93 Civ 2700.

Michael H. Sussman, Goshen, NY, for plaintiff Bannister.

Philip M. Aglietti, Associate Corp. Counsel, Yonkers, NY, for defendants in No. 92 Civ 8367.


MEMORANDUM ORDER

VINCENT L. BRODERICK, District Judge.

I

These cases present the question of the proper response of the federal courts when a police officer and a correction officer sue each other in separate lawsuits based on events involving the conduct of each while on duty.1

II

Plaintiff Woodrow Brown ("Brown"), a Yonkers police officer, participated in an arrest of the defendant Harry Bannister...

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