Askins v. City of New York

How courts have described this case

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• holding that plaintiff ʺwaived the arguments he advances on appeal by failing to raise them in the trial courtʺ
• holding that an arresting officer's liability is irrelevant to liability of municipality
• holding that an arresting officer’s liability is irrelevant to liability of municipality
• “[q]uali- fied immunity is a defense available . . . to individuals sued in their individual capacity” pursuant to § 1983
• “In fact, the plaintiff need not sue the individual tortfeasors at all, but may proceed solely against the municipality.”
• district court correctly determined that municipality “cannot be liable under Monell where Plaintiff cannot establish a violation of his constitutional rights”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).