United States v. Depute

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the § 1983 plaintiff had no constitutionally protected right to a proper investigation of his claims against an arresting police officer
• finding that the Nassau County Sheriffs Department Division of Correction is not a suable entity
• explaining “that the weight of authority supports the view that the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Department is not a suable entity” to be sued
• \State court judgments must be given the same preclusive effect in federal court as they would be given in courts of the state itself....\
• “[A]n individual has no constitutionally protected right to an investigation by government officials of alleged wrongdoing by other government officials.”
• “[A]n individual has no constitutionally protected right to an investigation by government officials of alleged wrongdoing by other government officials.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).