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OPINION OF THE COURT Jeffrey S. Sunshine, J. Defendant father, Joseph Abadi, who holds an MBA degree from the Wharton School of Business of the University of Pennsylvania, moves for an order that this court appoint an attorney utilizing public funds to represent him in ongoing contested postjudgment litigation concerning access to the parties’ children and restrictions sought by plaintiff, his former wife.</

JOHN M. WALKER, JR, Circuit Judge: Defendants-appellants the City of New York (“the City”) and certain New York City Police Department (“NYPD”) officers bring this interlocutory appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Andrew L. Carter, Jr., /.) denying their motion for judgment on the pleadings. We consider in this appeal (1) whether the NYPD officers are entitled to qu

OPINION OF THE COURT Mitchell J. Danziger, J. The decision/order of this court is as follows: Plaintiff moves pursuant to article 9 of the CPLR for an order certifying a class of what plaintiff initially defines in his notice of motion as, “All persons who were held in New York City jails during the limitations period based solely on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (TCE’) detaine

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER Deborah A. Batts, United States District Judge Defendants the City of New York (“City”), the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”), Sergeant Ronald Smith (“Smith”) and Detectives James Connolly (“Connolly”) and James White (“White”) have moved, by way of letter motions, to be permitted to file under seal or redact certain documents and exhibits submitted to the Court in conjunction

OPINION & ORDER ROBERT P. PATTERSON, JR., District Judge. I. INTRODUCTION On July 31, 2012, Plaintiff Dwaine Taylor1 (“Plaintiff’) filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against the City of New York, the New York City Department of Correction (“DOC”), Supervising Warden Arthur Olivari, Chiefs of Department Larry W. Davis, Sr. and Michael Hourihane, Warden Will

LIVINGSTON, Circuit Judge: On appeal from the district court’s grant of a motion to dismiss and a motion for summary judgment, this case presents two issues: (1) whether the due process rights of Plaintiffs-Appellants Terence Sudler (“Sudler”) and Timothy Batthany (“Batthany”) (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) were violated by a host of officers and employees of the New York State an

OPINION AND ORDER JOHN G. KOELTL, District Judge: The plaintiffs, Catherine Choquette, Clarissa Goldsmith, Vanessa Giamalakis, Annette Powell, Lesline Colden, Dakota Duncan, and Alicia Robinson (“the plaintiffs”) bring seven individual actions under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 asserting violations of their rights under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution. Their claims ar

OPINION OF THE COURT Robert J. Miller, J. Motion by plaintiff Gary D. Gotlin, Richmond County Public Administrator, as administrator of the estate of Hailey Gonzalez, deceased, for an order granting leave to serve interrogatories pursuant to CPLR 3130 (1); motion by defendants City of New York, New York City Administration for Children’s Services, Maria Cruz, David Stephens, Steve Marcus, James P

OPINION AND ORDER GERARD E. LYNCH, District Judge. In a continuation of this putative class action for federal civil rights violations arising from policies or practices of the New York City Department of Corrections (“DOC”) applied at New York City jails, intervenor-plaintiffs move for partial summary judgment and to certify a damages class of pre-trial detainees who were charged with certain narcotics-

OPINION OF THE COURT Gonzalez, J. This appeal requires us to determine whether Supreme Court properly directed the City of New York to submit a plan to *87demolish an elevated railway on Manhattan’s West Side to the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) set forth in the New York City Charter. We conclude that neither of the two grounds cited by

OPINION AND ORDER LORNA G. SCHOFIELD, District Judge: Plaintiffs The City Club of New York, Robert Buchanan and Tom Fox (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) move for summary judgment on their claims that Defendant United States Army Corps of Engineers (“USACE” or “Corps”) violated the Clean Water Act (“CWA”), 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq. and the Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”), 5 U.S.C. § 701 et seq. by approvin

(2008) John DOE, Anti-Terrorism Officer, Plaintiff, v. The CITY OF NEW YORK and Bruce Tefft, Defendants. No. 06-CV-13738(BSJ). United States District Court, S.D. New York. February 6, 2008. Order BARBARA S. JONES, District Judge. In a complaint dated December 5, 2006 (the "Complaint"), Plaintiff John Doe Anti-Terrorism Officer ("Plaintiff"),

OPINION SWEET, District Judge. Defendants, the City of New York and the fifty-two individually named members of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”) (referred to collectively as the “Defendants”), have objected to Magistrate Judge Michael H. Dolinger’s August 29, 2006 Memorandum & Order, Kunstler v. City of New York, 04CIV1145(RWS)(MHD), 2006 WL 2516625 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 29, 2

OPINION SWEET, District Judge. Plaintiff Kelly Schomburg (“Plaintiff” or “Schomburg”) has moved pursuant to Rule 45 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to compel non-party New York County District Attorney’s Office (“DANY”) to produce the closed investigation file concerning Defendant Deputy Inspector Anthony Bologna’s (“Bologna”) conduct on September 24, 2011.1

439 F.Supp.2d 327 (2006) Sarah KUNSTLER, et al., Plaintiffs, v. THE CITY OF NEW YORK, et al., Defendants. No. 04 CIV. 1145(RWS)(MHD). United States District Court, S.D. New York. July 19, 2006. Mariann Meier Wang, Matthew D. Brinckerhoff, Sarah Netburn, Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady, LLP, Matthew D. Strugar, Rachel A. Meeropol, Center for Constitutional Right

OPINION AND ORDER LYNCH, District Judge. A settlement agreement between plaintiffs and defendants in the above-captioned class action was preliminarily approved by this Court on June 21, 2005. Plaintiffs now move for final approval of the settlement pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 23(e)(1)(A). Intervenorplaintiffs object to the proposed settlement and request that it be rejected. For the reasons below, plaintiff

OPINION AND ORDER LYNCH, District Judge. In this putative class action for federal civil rights violations arising from policies or practices of the New York City Department of Corrections (“DOC”) applied at New York City jails, plaintiffs move for class certification and appointment of class counsel, while intervenor-plaintiffs oppose plaintiffs’ motions and cross-move for class certification and for appo

JOHN M. WALKER, JR., Circuit Judge: The Taxicab & Limousine Commission of New York City (“TLC”) and several New York City officials (collectively, “the City”) appeal the grant of a preliminary injunction by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Paul A. Crotty, Judge), that enjoined the enforcement of the City’s revisions to the maximum lease r

594 F.3d 94 (2010) CLEAR CHANNEL OUTDOOR, INC., Atlantic Outdoor Advertising, Inc., Scenic Outdoor, Inc., Troystar City Outdoor LLC, and Willow Media, LLC, Consolidated-Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF NEW YORK and Patricia J. Lancaster, in her official capacity as Commissioner of the New York City Department of Buildings, Defendants-Appellees, Edward Fortier, Consolidated-Defendant-Appellee. Metro Fuel LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant, v.

633 F.Supp.2d 83 (2009) METROPOLITAN TAXICAB BOARD OF TRADE; Midtown Car Leasing Corp.; Bath Cab Corp.; Ronart Leasing Corp.; Geid Cab Corp.; Linden Maintenance Corp.; and Ann Taxi Inc, Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF NEW YORK; Michael R. Bloomberg, in his official capacity as Mayor of the City of New York; The New York City Taxicab & Limousine Commission ("TLC"); Matthew W. Daus, in his official Capacity as Commissioner, Chair, and Chief Executive Of