BLACK LOVE RESISTS IN THE RUST EX REL. SOTO v. CITY OF BUFFALO

Case No. 1:18-cv-719.

BLACK LOVE RESISTS IN THE RUST, by and through its Co-Directors Natasha Soto and Shaketa Redden and on behalf of its members; DORETHEA FRANKLIN, TANIQUA SIMMONS, DE'JON HALL, and JANE DOE, individually and on behalf of a class of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF BUFFALO, N.Y.; BYRON B. BROWN, Mayor of the City of Buffalo, in his individual and official capacities; BYRON C. LOCKWOOD, Commissioner of the Buffalo Police Department, in his individual and official capacities; DANIEL DERENDA, former Commissioner of the Buffalo Police Department, in his individual capacity; AARON YOUNG, KEVIN BRINKWORTH, PHILIP SERAFINI, ROBBIN THOMAS, UNKNOWN SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL 1-10, UNKNOWN OFFICERS 1-20, each officers of the Buffalo Police Department, in their individual capacities, Defendants.

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

December 19, 2019.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 42 U.S.C. § 1983
Cause: 42 U.S.C. § 1983 Civil Rights Act
Nature of Suit: 440 Civil Rights: Other
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Black Love Resists in the Rust, by and through its Co-Directors Natasha Soto and Shaketa Redden and on behalf of its members, Dorethea Franklin, Taniqua Simmons, De'Jon Hall & Jane Doe, individually and on behalf of a class of others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, represented by Andrea Chinyere Ezie , Center for Constitutional Rights, Baher Azmy , Center for Constitutional Rights, Britney Renee Wilson , National Center for Law and Economic Justice, Claudia Wilner , National Center for Law and Economic Justice, Darius Charney , Center for Constitutional Rights, Edward Krugman , National Center for Law and Economic Justice, Joseph A. Kelemen , Western New York Law Center, Inc., Keisha Alecia Williams , Western New York Law Center, Inc., Marc Cohan , National Center for Law and Economic Justice & Travis W. England , National Center for Law and Economic Justice.

City of Buffalo, N.Y., Byron B Brown, Mayor of the City of Buffalo, in his individual and official capacities, Byron C Lockwood, Commissioner of the Buffalo Police Department, in his individual capacity, Daniel Derenda, former Commissioner of the Buffalo Police Department, in his individual capacity, Aaron Young, officer of the Buffalo Police Department, in his individual capacity, Kevin Brinkworth, Philip Serafini, officer of the Buffalo Police Department, in his individual capacity, Robbin Thomas, officer of the Buffalo Police Department, in his individual capacity, Unknown Supervisory Personnel, officers of the Buffalo Police Department, in their individual capacities & Unknown Officers, officers of the Buffalo Police Department, in their individual capacities, Defendants, represented by Robert Emmet Quinn , City of Buffalo Department of Law.


OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFFS' MOTIONS TO COMPEL

(Docs. 34 and 42)

In June 2018, Black Love Resists In the Rust and four individuals brought this suit on behalf of the organization, its members, and a purported class of similarly situated individuals (collectively...

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