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Parson v. York

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Parson v. York, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 28951 (N.D.N.Y. 2017) The federal court for the Northern District of New York granted a motion filed by April Laws seeking pre-discovery dismissal…

Jenkins v. Cty. of Wash.

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Jenkins v. Cty. of Wash., 697 F. Appx. 102, 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 18240** (2d Cir. 2017) The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed U.S. District…

Warner-Levison v. Village of Potsdam

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Warner-Levison v. Village of Potsdam, Index No. 2016-0147725 (NY Sup Ct St. Lawrence County, Dec. 23, 2016) The New York Supreme Court, County of St. Lawrence, granted a motion filed…

Parson v. Farmer

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Parson v. Farmer, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 77739 (N.D.N.Y. 2016) The Federal court for the Northern District of New York granted complete summary judgment dismissing excessive force claims by an…

Lucas v. Devlin

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Lucas v. Devlin, 139 AD3d 1196 (3d Dept 2016) New York’s Appellate Division, Third Department affirmed a summary judgment dismissal of an inmate’s claim regarding the Sheriff’s transfer of bail…

Gourd v. Washington County

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Gourd v. Washington County, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 128495 (N.D.N.Y. 2016) The Federal court for the Northern District of New York granted Defendant’s motion to dismiss inmate’s “failure to protect”…

Hartley v. Devlin, et al.

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Hartley v. Devlin, et al., 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 38221 (N.D.N.Y. 2016) The federal court for the Northern District Court granted the County Sheriff’s motion for dismissal of a civil…

Cadwallader v. Devlin

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Cadwallader v. Devlin, 155 F. Supp. 3d 175, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1409** (N.D.N.Y. 2016) The federal court for the Northern District of New York granted a motion for complete…

Rissetto v. Cty. Of Clinton

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Rissetto v. Cty. Of Clinton, 2016 U.S. LEXIS 115832 (N.D.N.Y. Aug. 2016) The federal court for the Northern District of New York granted, in part, the County Defendants’ motion to…

Matter of Phillips v. York,

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Matter of Phillips v. York, 135 AD3d 1231 (3d Dept 2016), 2016 NY App Div LEXIS 413) The New York Appellate Division, Third Department affirmed the lower court’s determination that…