United States Second Circuit

In an action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. section 1983 asserting that defendants deprived plaintiffs of a property interest protected by the Due Process Clause by conducting an inadequate investigation into their son's fatal traffic accident, the dismissal of the action is affirmed where plaintiffs had no property interest in an adequate police investigation.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/20/2010
• Decided 06/04/2010
• Published 06/04/2010

Judges

• JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge:, Before CABRANES, KATZMANN, and CHIN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Scott Michael Mishkin, Islandia, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Arlene S. Zwilling, Assistant County Attorney (Christine, Malafi, Suffolk County Attorney, on the brief), Suffolk County Attorney's Office, Hauppauge, NY, for Defendants-Appellees.