BRAXTON v. CITY OF NEW YORK

2017-04983. Index No. 10948/12.

178 A.D.3d 1000 (2019)

115 N.Y.S.3d 408

2019 NY Slip Op 09248

Mitchel Braxton, Appellant, v. City of New York et al., Respondents.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department.

Decided December 24, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Wale Mosaku, P.C., Brooklyn, NY, for appellant.

Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, New York, NY ( Kenneth M. Katz , Daniel H. Weiner , and Justin Ben-Asher of counsel), for respondents.

Scheinkman, P.J., Austin, Roman and Connolly, JJ., concur.


Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The plaintiff commenced this action, inter alia, to recover damages for false arrest, false imprisonment, malicious prosecution, and related causes of action pursuant to 42 USC § 1983, following his arrest for possession of a weapon. The defendants moved for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, and the Supreme Court granted the motion. The plaintiff appeals.

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