JONES v. CITY OF NEW YORK

2020-02981, Index No. 1220/14.

206 A.D.3d 640 (2022)

167 N.Y.S.3d 402

2022 NY Slip Op 03505

Donje Jones, Respondent, v. City of New York et al., Appellants.

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

Decided June 1, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sylvia O. Hinds-Radix , Corporation Counsel, New York, NY ( Deborah A. Brenner and Ashley R. Garman of counsel), for appellants.

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

Dillon, J.P., Duffy, Maltese and Genovesi, JJ., concur.


Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, and the plaintiff's motion pursuant to 42 USC § 1988 for an award of attorney's fees and costs is denied.

On October 6, 2011, the plaintiff was arrested for a shooting that had occurred in Brooklyn two days earlier. Thereafter, the plaintiff was indicted and detained at Rikers Island. On or about August 5, 2013, the charges were dismissed. In January 2014, the plaintiff commenced this action, inter alia...

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