United States Second Circuit

Dismissal of plaintiffs' claims, alleging that their prolonged postarrest detentions were a violation of due process, is affirmed where defendant-police officers' refusal to issue desk appearance tickets immediately after arrest was not objectively unreasonable.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/05/2005
• Published 04/05/2005

Judges

• KEARSE, Circuit Judge., Before:  KEARSE, SACK, and HALL, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James Reif, New York, New York (Gladstein, Reif & Meginniss, New York, New York, Daniel L. Alterman, Alterman & Boop, New York, New York, on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Norman Corenthal, Assistant Corporation Counsel, New York, New York (Michael A. Cardozo, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, Kristin M. Helmers, Senior Counsel, New York, New York, on the brief), for Defendants-Appellees.