CHRISTIAN v. CITY OF NEW YORK

Index No. 28052/17E. Appeal No. 16774. Case No. 2021-04310.

211 A.D.3d 402 (2022)

179 N.Y.S.3d 64

2022 NY Slip Op 06864

Shawaan Christian, Appellant, v. City of New York et al., Respondents.

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

Decided December 1, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sim & Depaola, LLP, Bayside ( Sang J. Sim of Counsel), for appellant.

Sylvia O. Hinds-Radix , Corporation Counsel, New York ( Susan Paulson of counsel), for respondents.

Concur—Manzanet-Daniels, J.P., Moulton, González, Rodriguez, Higgitt, JJ.


Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Mitchell J. Danziger, J.), entered on or about September 21, 2021, which granted defendants' motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The court properly dismissed plaintiff's claims for false arrest and false imprisonment because defendants had probable cause for the arrest based on the complainant's identification of plaintiff, which the arresting officer found to be credible and...

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