FIGUEROA v. MAZZA

No. 14-4116-cv August Term 2015.

825 F.3d 89 (2016)

Eli Samuel FIGUEROA, a/k/a Eli Samuel, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Donna Marie MAZZA, individually and as a Detective with the New York City Police Department, Christopher Karolkowski, individually and as a Detective with the New York City Police Department, Todd Nagrowski, individually and as a Detective with the New York City Police Department, Joseph Failla, individually and as a Detective with the New York City Police Department, and Detective Dennis Chan, individually and as a Detective with the New York City Police Department, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided and Amended: June 3, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ROBERT MILTON RAMBADADT ( Rosa Barreca , on the brief), The Rambadadt Law Office, New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

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 Defendants-Appellees.

Judge KEARSE concurs in part and dissents in part in a separate opinion.


We consider here whether defendants-appellees are, as the District Court determined, entitled to judgment as a matter of law on plaintiff-appellant's claims for false arrest, excessive force, assault, failure to intervene, and unlawful entry. We conclude that defendants-appellees are entitled to the protection...

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