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DORSETT v. COUNTY OF NASSAU

Docket No. 13-651-CV.

732 F.3d 157 (2013)

Sharon DORSETT, As the Administratrix of the Estate of Jo'Anna Bird, Frederick K. Brewington, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Robin Pellegrini, Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington, Plaintiffs, v. COUNTY OF NASSAU, Defendant-Appellee, Edward Mangano, in his Individual and Official Capacities as County Executive of the County Of Nassau, Nassau County Legislature, Peter Schmitt, in his Individual and Official Capacities and as Legislator/Presiding Officer of the County of Nassau County Legislature, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: October 18, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott A. Korenbaum , New York, N.Y. ( Stephen Bergstein , Bergstein & Ullrich, LLP, Chester, N.Y.; Randolph McLaughlin , Newman Ferrara LLP, New York, N.Y.; Frederick K. Brewington , Hempstead, N.Y., on the brief), for Appellants.

David A. Tauster , Deputy County Attorney ( Dennis J. Saffran , Appeals Bureau Chief, on the brief), for John Ciampoli , County Attorney of Nassau County, Mineola, N.Y., for Appellee.

Before: WINTER, WALKER, and WESLEY, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

This § 1983 action comes to us on an expedited appeal from the Eastern District of New York following dismissal on a 12(b)(6) motion. In March 2010, Sharon Dorsett, the mother of Jo'Anna Bird, acting as administratrix of Bird's estate, filed a complaint against the County of Nassau and various of its officers seeking damages for Bird's death. Dorsett's attorney in that action, Frederick Brewington, negotiated...

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