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BETTS v. SHEARMAN

No. 13-619-cv.

751 F.3d 78 (2014)

John BETTS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Martha Anne SHEARMAN, City of New York, Police Officer Pablo Rodriguez, Defendants-Appellees, Police Officer Jane Doe, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: May 2, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael H. Joseph, Law Office of Michael H. Joseph, P.L.L.C., White Plains, NY, for Plaintiff Appellant.

Michael J. Pastor, (Kristen M. Helmers, on the brief), for Zachary W. Carter, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees City of New York and Police Officer Pablo Rodriguez.

Charles E. Dorkey, III, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, New York, N.Y. (Rebecca Tingey, on the brief), for Defendant-Appellee Martha Anne Shearman.

Before: WINTER, WALKER, WESLEY, Circuit Judges.

JOHN M. WALKER, JR., Circuit Judge:

In this appeal we consider whether the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (J. Paul Oetken, District Judge) erred in granting defendants' motions to dismiss the complaint in this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action in which the plaintiff seeks damages arising from his arrest based on allegedly false accusations made by a complaining victim.

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