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RENTAS v. RUFFIN

Nos. 14-2475-cv, 14-2512-cv.

816 F.3d 214 (2016)

Axel RENTAS, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee, v. Captain John RUFFIN, Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant, The City of New York, Correction Officer Diana Baker, Correction Officer Kevin Parker, Correction Officer Mills Charles, Deputy Warden Elisio Perez, Captain Sharon Clayton, Captain Darryll Lago, Correction Officer George Ruppel, Deputy Warden Walter Nin, Defendants-Appellees, Correction Officer Richard Serrano, Correction Officers John Doe, # 1-10, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: March 8, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joshua P. Fitch , Cohen & Fitch LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee.

Elizabeth S. Natrella ( Pamela Seider Dolgow , on the brief), for Zachary W. Carter , Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant and Defendants-Appellees.

Before: PARKER, LOHIER, and CARNEY, Circuit Judges.

Axel Rentas appeals, and Captain John Ruffin cross-appeals, from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Hellerstein, J.). Rentas, a former inmate on Rikers Island, sued several correction officers and prison officials along with the City of New York, claiming that the officers...

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