United States Second Circuit

In case principally concerning immunity of defendant, an acting police chief, for offering allegedly perjurious testimony at police disciplinary hearings, dismissal of claims is affirmed as: 1) testifying witnesses in police disciplinary hearings of the type at issue have absolute immunity from suit for their testimony; and 2) plaintiff failed to state a constitutionally cognizable deprivation of liberty or property rights as a result of another defendant-officer's alleged false accusations.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/25/2008
• Published 02/25/2008

Judges

• SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judge:, Before:  NEWMAN, SOTOMAYOR and WESLEY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael H. Sussman, Goshen, NY, for plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• John F. O'Reilly, Elmsford, NY, for defendant-appellee Robert Henneman., Brian Sokoloff (Miranda Sokoloff Sambursky, on the brief), Mineola, NY, for defendant-appellee Ari Moskowitz.