United States Second Circuit

Denial of summary judgment based on qualified immunity is affirmed, where the facts alleged in defendant's complaint state a violation of a constitutional right that was clearly established at the time of the alleged violation.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/07/2003
• Decided 07/02/2003
• Published 07/02/2003

Judges

• JOHN M. WALKER, Jr., Chief Judge., Before:  WALKER, Chief Judge, JACOBS, and CALABRESI, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Stephen Bergstein,Thornton, Bergstein & Ullrich, LLP, Chester, N.Y. for Plaintiff-Appellee., Yvonne E. Marciano, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, LLP, (Robert J. Alessi, John D. Hoggan, Jr., on the brief), Albany, N.Y. for Defendant-Appellant Joseph Rampe., Clare M. Sproule, Epstein, Becker & Green, P.C., New York, N.Y., for Defendants-Appellants H. Frank Bigger & John E. Thompson., David L. Posner, McCabe & Mack LLP, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., for Defendant-Appellant County of Orange.