DAVIS v. CITY OF NEW YORK

No. 10 Civ. 699 (SAS).

812 F.Supp.2d 333 (2011)

Kelton DAVIS, William Turner, Altagracia Hernandez, Edwin Larregui, Roman Jackson, Kristin Johnson, Eleanor Britt, Anthony Anderson, Lashaun Smith, Shawne Jones, Hector Suarez, Adam Cooper, Andrew Washington, P.L. by His Parent Lisa Piggott, David Wilson, and Geneva Wilson, individually and on behalf of a class of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. The CITY OF NEW YORK and New York City Housing Authority, Defendants.

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

July 5, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Johnathan Smith, Esq. , Johanna B. Steinberg, Esq. , NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., William Gibney, Esq. , Nancy Rosenbloom, Esq. , Legal Aid Society of New York, Katharine E.G. Brooker, Esq. , Matthew J. Moses, Esq. , Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs.

Tonya Jenerette , Morgan David Kunz , David M. Hazan , Bradford Collins Patrick , Assistant Corporation Counsel, New York City Law Department, New York, NY, for Defendant City of New York.

Steven Jay Rappaport, Esq. , New York City Housing Authority, New York, NY, for Defendant.


OPINION AND ORDER

SHIRA A. SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiffs bring this putative class action against the City of New York (the "City") and the New York City Housing Authority ("NYCHA") (collectively, "Defendants"), alleging a pattern and practice of unlawful stops, seizures, and arrests for trespass in NYCHA buildings in violation of sections 1983 and 1981 of title forty-two of the United States Code, the Fourth and...

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