RUSSELL v. SMITH

No. 977, Docket 94-2425.

68 F.3d 33 (1995)

James A. RUSSELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James SMITH and City of New York, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided October 11, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy M. Hughes, New York City (Charles K. O'Neill, Brian A. Miller, Chadbourne & Parke, Of Counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Ellen B. Fishman, New York City (Paul A. Crotty, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York and Leonard Koerner, Of Counsel), for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: WINTER and LEVAL, Circuit Judges, and SAND, District Judge.


LEVAL, Circuit Judge:

This is an action for malicious prosecution pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff James Russell appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Tenney, J.), granting summary judgment to the defendants James Smith and the City of New York on the ground that plaintiff had failed to show that the prosecution against him had been terminated in his favor. We affirm.

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