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· 9/30/2009

Coward v. TOWN AND VILLAGE OF HARRISON

Citations

  • 665 F. Supp. 2d 281
  • 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 91538
  • 2009 WL 3151737

How courts have described this case

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  • denying summary judgment where plaintiff’s allegation that “he was the only African-American in the park at the time of his arrest” raised inference of racially discriminatory motive
  • dismissing John Doe claim without prejudice for failure to obtain, after to discovery, identity
  • granting summary judgment against the plaintiff's equal protection claim, where among other things there was “no evidence in the record from which a reasonable jury could conclude” that the defendant’s action was motivated by racial discrimination
  • summary judgment denied where plaintiff's allegation that \he was the only African-American in the park at the time of his arrest\ raised inference of racially discriminatory motivation
  • Plaintiff “simply cannot continue to maintain a suit against” the John Doe defendant where there was “no indication that [plaintiff] had made any effort to discover the [defendant’s] name”
  • Plaintiff “simply [could] not continue to maintain a suit against” the John Doe defendant where there was “no indication that plaintiff had made any effort to discover the [defendant’s] name”

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Judges: Kenneth M. Karas

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