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Mendoza v. City of New York

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Dec 8, 2011
2011 N.Y. Slip Op. 8818 (N.Y. App. Div. 2011)

Opinion

6243.

Decided on December 8, 2011.

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Larry S. Schachner, J.), entered October 19, 2010, which, insofar as appealed from as limited by the briefs, denied so much of defendant's motion for summary judgment as sought dismissal of the causes of action for false arrest, false imprisonment and malicious prosecution, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, and the complaint dismissed in its entirety. The Clerk is directed to enter judgment accordingly.

Michael A. Cardozo, Corporation Counsel, New York (Drake A. Colley of counsel), for appellant.

Fotopoulos, Rosenblatt Green, New York (Dimitrios C. Fotopoulos of counsel), for respondent.

Tom, J.P., Moskowitz, Richter, Abdus-Salaam, JJ.


No triable issue of fact exists as to whether the detention, arrest, or prosecution was supported by probable cause, given that the police found plaintiff in a state of undress on premises identified in a valid search warrant as a drug distribution point, and a controlled substance was recovered from those premises ( see Martinez v City of Schenectady, 97 NY2d 78, 85; People v Mayo , 59 AD3d 250 , 254-255, affd 13 NY3d 767).

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.


Summaries of

Mendoza v. City of New York

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Dec 8, 2011
2011 N.Y. Slip Op. 8818 (N.Y. App. Div. 2011)
Case details for

Mendoza v. City of New York

Case Details

Full title:FRANCISCO MENDOZA, Plaintiff-Respondent, The v. CITY OF NEW YORK…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: Dec 8, 2011

Citations

2011 N.Y. Slip Op. 8818 (N.Y. App. Div. 2011)