RIVERA v. METROPOLITAN TRANSIT AUTHORITY

No. 09 Civ. 5879(LAK).

750 F.Supp.2d 456 (2010)

Don RIVERA, et ano., Plaintiffs, v. METROPOLITAN TRANSIT AUTHORITY, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

November 11, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick K. Brewington , Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington, for Plaintiffs Don Rivera.

Kevin P. McCaffrey , Catherine A. Rinaldi , Long Island Railroad Law Department, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

LEWIS A. KAPLAN, District Judge.

This is an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 and 1983, among others, by two individuals against the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (erroneously named herein as Metropolitan Transit Authority) (the "MTA"), a number of MTA police officers, and others for, among other things, false arrest and excessive use of force. The gravamen of the complaint is that the plaintiffs, Hispanic males, were singled...

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