United States Second Circuit

In suit for false arrest, malicious prosecution, and excessive force, order granting judgment as a matter of law in favor of defendants is reversed as to the false arrest and malicious prosecution claims where the the district court erred by making factual findings adversely to plaintiff, rather than viewing the record in the light most favorable to him.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/20/2007
• Published 07/20/2007

Judges

• KEARSE, Circuit Judge:, Before:  KEARSE, CABRANES, and KATZMANN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Scott A. Korenbaum, New York, New York (Frederick K. Brewington, Hempstead, New York, on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Richard Dearing, Assistant Solicitor General, New York, New York (Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General of the State of New York, Michael S. Belohlavek, Senior Counsel, Mariya S. Treisman, Assistant Solicitor General, Charleen Hsuan, Legal Intern, New York, New York, on the brief), for Defendants-Appellees.