RIVAS v. BRATTESANI

No. 1745, Docket 95-9270.

94 F.3d 802 (1996)

Jose Luis RIVAS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Matteo BRATTESANI (Shield No. 14412) and Joseph Romano (Shield No. 05691), Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided September 4, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margaret G. King, New York City (Paul A. Crotty, Leonard Koerner, Corporation Counsel's Office, City of New York, of counsel), for defendants-appellants.

James M. Mimnaugh, Reardon & Sclafani, New York City, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before: WINTER and CABRANES, Circuit Judges, and MOTLEY, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

Defendant police officers Matteo Brattesani and Joseph Romano (jointly "the Officers") appeal from a judgment entered on November 8, 1995, by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Kevin Thomas Duffy, Judge) for compensatory damages in the amount of $20,000 against both defendants, jointly and severally, and for punitive damages in the amount of $25,000 against each defendant separately. On appeal, defendants claim...

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