Court of Appeals of New York

County Attorney did not arbitrarily or capriciously deny a taxpayer-paid defense to the plaintiff per Suffolk County Code section 35-3(A). The record supports the County Attorney's determination that during the incidents underlying plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 complaint, plaintiff was not acting within the scope of his employment as a police officer.

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• Decided 12/18/2003
• Published 12/18/2003

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• Court of Appeals of New York

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