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WHITING v. LACARA

Docket Nos. 98-9081(L), 98-9429(CON).

187 F.3d 317 (1999)

Joseph M. WHITING, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Garrett R. LACARA, Appellant, The Incorporated Village of Old Brookville; Chief Charles K. Smith, Ltn.; John Post; Ltn. Maurice Sullivan, individually and as Members of The Old Brookville Board of Police Commissioners, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided August 23, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Sokolski, New York, New York, for Appellant.

Joseph M. Whiting, pro se, South Huntington, New York, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before: WINTER, Chief Judge, WALKER, and CABRANES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Garrett R. Lacara appeals from two orders of Judge Spatt denying Lacara's motions to withdraw as counsel for plaintiff-appellee Joseph M. Whiting. Although the record before Judge Spatt justified denial of the motions, amplification of Whiting's position at oral argument persuades us to reverse.1

BACKGROUND

In July 1996, appellee, a former police officer, filed a civil rights action against Nassau County,...

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