Opinion
20-CV-7622 (LTS) (RWL)
09-22-2021
TYRONE H. MASSEY, Plaintiff, v. CORRECTION OFFICER JOHN DOE, CAPTAIN SUSANKER, and CAPTAIN ROGERS, Defendants.
ORDER
ROBERT W. LEHRBURGER, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE.
Plaintiffs operative complaint names one John Doe Corrections Officer as a Defendant. (Dkt. 48.) Under Valentin v. Dinkins, a pro se litigant is entitled to assistance from the district court in identifying John Doe defendants. 121 F.3d 72, 76 (2d Cir. 1997). The complaint alleges that the John Doe Defendant was a corrections officer working the late hours of the 3 p.m. - 11 p.m. tour in the Anna M. Kross Center on Rikers Island on August 21, 2020, and in a position to observe Plaintiff. The complaint thus appears to supply sufficient information for the City of New York, an interested party, to identify the John Doe Defendant.
Accordingly, the Court orders the New York City Law Department to ascertain the identity of the John Doe Defendant and file its finding on the docket by October 22, 2021 .
SO ORDERED.