DORSETT v. COUNTY OF NASSAU

No. 10-cv-1258 (ADS)(AKT).

800 F.Supp.2d 453 (2011)

Sharon DORSETT, individually and as the Administratrix of the Estate of Jo'Anna Bird, Plaintiff, v. COUNTY OF NASSAU, Nassau County Police Department, Office of the Nassau County District Attorney, Detective Robert Ariola, in his official and individual capacities, Police Officers and/or Detectives John and Jane Does 1-10, District Attorney John and Jane Does 1-10, and Leonardo Valdez-Cruz, Defendants.

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

August 8, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington, Esq. , by Frederick K. Brewington, Esq. , Valerie M. Cartright, Esq. , of Counsel, Hempstead, NY, Attorneys for the plaintiff.

Nassau County Attorney John Ciampoli , by Assistant County Attorney Sondra Meryl Toscano , Assistant County Attorney Liora M. Ben-Sorek , Mineola, NY, Attorney for all named defendants, except Leonardo Valdez-Cruz.

Levin Sullivan Koch & Schulz, LLP, by Jacob P. Goldstein, Esq. , of Counsel, New York, NY, Attorneys for the intervenor plaintiffs Newsday LLC and News 12 Networks LLC.

No Appearance, Defendant Leonardo Valdez-Cruz.


MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER

SPATT, District Judge.

The present plaintiff, Sharon Dorsett, and two news organizations, Newsday LLC and News 12 Networks, LLC, object to the entry of a protective order in this case that prohibits the plaintiff from disseminating an internal report that the plaintiff obtained from the defendant Nassau County Police Department in discovery. For the reasons that follow, the Court affirms the entry of the protective order...

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