LEONE v. CREIGHTON

No. 92 CV 1321 (FB).

948 F.Supp. 192 (1996)

Louis S. LEONE, Plaintiff, v. Robert CREIGHTON, individually and as an employee of the Suffolk County, New York District Attorney's Office, Joan Leone, and County of Suffolk, New York, Defendants.

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

November 29, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur V. Graseck, Jr., Port Washington, NY, for Plaintiff.

Robert J. Cimino, Suffolk County Attorney by Arlene Zwilling, Asst. Co. Atty., Hauppauge, NY, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

BLOCK, District Judge:

This case is another casualty of Albright v. Oliver, 510 U.S. 266, 114 S.Ct. 807, 127 L.Ed.2d 114 (1994), which effectively closes the civil rights door under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to tort claims that are not based on a specific textual constitutional proscription.

In 1992, plaintiff Louis S. Leone ("Leone") brought this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983...

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