ALEXANDRE v. CORTES

No. 306, Docket 96-2820.

140 F.3d 406 (1998)

Marcelin ALEXANDRE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Robert CORTES, shield # 1420, City of New York, and New York City Police Department, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided March 26, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marcelin Alexandre, pro se, Dannemora, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Mordecai Newman, Assistant Corporation Counsel, Appeals Division, New York City (Paul A. Crotty, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York), for Defendants-Appellees.

Before OAKES, MESKILL, and CALABRESI, Circuit Judges.


CALABRESI, Circuit Judge:

In this action, brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, plaintiff Marcelin Alexandre alleges, among other things, that he was deprived of an automobile and some jewelry without due process of law because these items (which were seized by defendant Robert Cortes, a detective with the New York City Police Department), were not returned to him and he was not notified of the procedures for recovering them. Alexandre further alleges that the...

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