MURPHY v. HUGHSON

Docket No. 21-2998-cv August Term, 2022.

82 F.4th 177 (2023)

Christopher M. MURPHY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Andrew C. HUGHSON, Frank B. Hillman, Daniel Howe, Glenn Gunderman, William Washburn, Joseph Spencer, Correctional Officer David Strong, Defendants-Appellees, County of Chemung, City of Elmira, John Doe, being Individuals Number 1-5, employed as Police Officers by the City of Elmira, and Sheriffs by the County Sheriff's Department, whose actual names and identities are unknown at this time, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: September 21, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher M. Murphy, pro se, Bath, NY.

Kayla A. Arias ( Paul Andrew Sanders , on the brief), Barclay Damon LLP, Rochester, NY, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: Leval, Chin, and Pérez, Circuit Judges.


On June 5, 2014, plaintiff-appellant Christopher Murphy was sitting on a bus when police officers boarded the bus, removed him, and arrested him on a misdemeanor bench warrant. Murphy, then 67 years old, was a resident of the City of Elmira (the "City"), in Chemung County (the "County"), New York. Murphy was taken to the County...

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