United States Second Circuit
Matican v. City of New York, 06-1983
In a case wherein a participant in a police sting was later assaulted by the target of the sting, summary judgment for defendants on claims under42 U.S.C. section 1983 and state common law is affirmed where: 1) no constitutional violation occurred; 2) there was no need to consider whether officers enjoyed the benefit of qualified immunity, or whether plaintiff had a claim against the city for a practice or custom of failing to protect confidential informants; and 3) as plaintiff had no valid federal claims, there was no abuse of discretion in declining to exercise jurisdiction over the state claims.
Appellate Information
- Decided 04/23/2008
- Published 04/23/2008
Judges
- FEINBERG, Circuit Judge:, Before: FEINBERG, WINTER, and STRAUB, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Second Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Michael A. Haskel, Mineola, N.Y., for Plaintiff-Appellant.
- For Appellees:
- John Hogrogian, Assistant Corporation Counsel (Edward F.X. Hart, Heidi Grossman, Jennifer Rossan, of counsel, Michael A. Cardozo, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, on the brief), New York, N.Y., for Defendants-Appellees.