FROST v. NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPT.

Docket No. 19-1163 August Term, 2019.

980 F.3d 231 (2020)

Jarrett FROST, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT, New York City Department of Correction, The City of New York, District Attorney Robert T. Johnson, District Attorney Robert Hertz, Detective Michael Lopuzzo, Detective Richard Spennicchia, Detective Joseph O'Neil, Correction Officer Torres, Correction Officer Soria, Correction Officer Carty, Correction Officer Souffrant, Correction Officer Tatulli, Correction Officer Captain McDuffie, Correction Officer Previllon, Correction Officer Gonzalez, Correction Officer Captain Ryan, Correction Officer Young, Correction Officer McLaughlin, Correction Officer Barksdale, Correction Officer Corker, Correction Officer Sanchez, Correction Officer Hill, Correction Officer Captain Clayton Jemmott, Correction Officer Jay Joye, Defendants-Appellees, Detectives John Doe #1-4, Individually and in Their Official Capacity as New York City Police Officers, Correction Officers John Doe #1-5, Individually and in Their Official Capacity as New York City Correction Officers, Correction Officer Thomas, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: November 12, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan I. Edelstein ( Ellie A. Silverman , on the brief), Edelstein & Grossman, New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Claibourne Henry ( Richard Dearing , Scott Shorr , on the brief), Assistant Corporation Counsel, for James E. Johnson, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees.

Judge Kearse dissents in part in a separate opinion.


This case arises out of the detention and prosecution of plaintiff-appellant Jarrett Frost. In January 2011, Frost was arrested and charged with the murder of an individual named Mavon Chapman. Frost was then detained at Rikers Island until June 2014, when a jury acquitted him of all charges. After his release, Frost filed...

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