SAVINO v. CITY OF NEW YORK

No. 02-7108.

331 F.3d 63 (2003)

Joseph V. SAVINO and Ernestine Savino, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. THE CITY OF NEW YORK, Kyle Raymond Sturcken, Michael Gargan, Raymond Dowd, David Bartholomew, John Baner, Sharon Brooks, Jose Perez, Howard Wilson and John Does "1" through "3," Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: May 22, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul L. Herzfeld, (Stuart I. Parker and Francis F. Caputo, of counsel, Michael A. Cardozo, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, on the brief), New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellants.

D. Daniel Engstrand, Jr., Doniger & Engstrand, LLP, Islandia, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Before: VAN GRAAFEILAND, JACOBS and CABRANES, Circuit Judges.


JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge.

This appeal addresses whether plaintiff's suit can survive defendants' motion for summary judgment on qualified immunity grounds with respect to his state-law claims for false arrest, malicious prosecution and abuse of process, and with respect to his § 1983 claim based on these state-law causes of action. We hold that defendants are entitled to summary judgment on qualified immunity grounds. Accordingly, we reverse and remand...

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