Pizzuto v. County of Nassau, No. CV 00-0148 (NGG) (E.D.N.Y.) (239 F.Supp.2d 301) (January 16, 2003) (Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis)
Loaded on March 1, 2003
published in Punch and Jurists
March 17, 2003
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Plaintiff family members brought a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against defendants, a county, and corrections officers, alleging their liability under federal and state law for the decedent's murder while incarcerated. The family members claimed that the correction officers' convictions regarding the decedent's murder collaterally estopped them from disputing …
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