TORRACO v. PORT AUTHORITY OF NY. AND NJ.

Docket Nos. 08-1768-cv, 08-1895-cv.

615 F.3d 129 (2010)

John TORRACO, William Winstanley, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY, Port Authority of NY & NJ Board of Commissioners, Kenneth J. Ringler Jr., Executive Director, Port Authority of NY & NJ, Port Authority Police Department, Samuel J. Plumeri Jr., Director of Public Safety/Superintendent of Police, Port Authority Police Department, Christopher Trucillo, Chief, Port Authority Police Department, Sergeant Goldberg, Port Authority Police, Anthony Espinal, Port Authority Police Officer, Paulsen, Port Authority Police Officer, Port Authority Police Officer, Lieutenant, Port Authority Police, unknown at present, Port Authority Police Sergeant, unknown at present, John Doe I, Port Authority Police Officer, unknown at present, John Doe II, Port Authority Police Officer, unknown at present, Defendants-Appellees, Matthew R. Weasner, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Anthony Passalaqua (#174), Long Island MacArthur Airport Police Officer, Town of Islip, New York, Pete McGowan, Town of Islip Supervisor, Long Island MacArthur Airport Police Department, and Greg Decanio, Chief of Patrol, Long Island MacArthur Airport Police Department, Defendants-Appellees, Suffolk County, New York, Steve Levy, Suffolk County Executive, Suffolk County Police Department, Richard Dormer, Suffolk County Police Department Commissioner, Kevin M. Henry (# 5105), Suffolk County Police Officer, Suffolk County Police Officer, unknown at present (John Doe), Peter Quinn, Inspector, 5th Precinct, Suffolk County Police Department, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: June 30, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen P. Halbrook, Fairfax, VA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Kathleen Gill Miller (Milton H. Pachter, Joan F. Bennett, on the brief), New York, N.Y., for Defendants-Appellees.

Richard E. Gardiner, Fairfax, VA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Richard Carl Imbrogno, New York, N.Y., for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: POOLER, PARKER, WESLEY, Circuit Judges.


POOLER, Circuit Judge:

In these cases, which we heard in tandem and now consolidate for disposition, plaintiffs-appellants John Torraco and William Winstanley appeal from a March 24, 2008 judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Cogan, J.) dismissing their claims against Sergeant Lawrence Goldberg, police officers Anthony Espinal and Paulsen, and other appellees. Plaintiff-appellant Matthew Weasner appeals from an April...

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