HIGHTOWER v. U.S.

No. 01 CIV. 3472(CM).

205 F.Supp.2d 146 (2002)

Willie J. HIGHTOWER, Plaintiff, v. The UNITED STATES of America, et al., Defendants.

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

April 26, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Monroe, Goshen, NY, for Plaintiff.

Andrew O'Toole, Assistant United States Attorney, New York, NY, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER DISMISSING THE COMPLAINT FOR LACK OF SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION

MCMAHON, District Judge.

In this action, Willie Hightower ("Hightower"), a federal employee with the Department of Veterans Affairs ("VA"), seeks money damages from the United States, and the three individual defendants, based on alleged injuries sustained from mace or pepper spray used against him in the course of his arrest on April 26, 1999. He was arrested after...

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