HARRINGTON v. COUNTY OF SUFFOLK

Docket No. 09-3911-cv.

607 F.3d 31 (2010)

Thomas HARRINGTON, Ann Marie Harrington, as for and on behalf of Stephen Harrington, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, Suffolk County Police Department, Po John Phelan, Det. Joseph Moran, Sgt. Lamb, Det. Pace, Det. Durosky, John Does 1-5, Suffolk County Police Officers and Detectives are sued in their Individual and Official Capacities, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: June 4, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott Michael Mishkin, Islandia, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Arlene S. Zwilling, Assistant County Attorney (Christine Malafi, Suffolk County Attorney, on the brief), Suffolk County Attorney's Office, Hauppauge, NY, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: CABRANES, KATZMANN, and CHIN, Circuit Judges.


JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge:

The question presented is whether citizens of Suffolk County, New York, have a property interest protected by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment in adequate police investigations. Plaintiffs-appellants Thomas and Ann Marie Harrington ("plaintiffs") appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Leonard D. Wexler, Judge) dated August 18, 2009 dismissing their...

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