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DORSETT v. COUNTY OF NASSAU

No. CV 10-1258(ADS)(AKT).

762 F.Supp.2d 500 (2011)

Sharon DORSETT, individually and as the Administratix of the Estate of Jo'Anna Bird, Plaintiff, v. COUNTY OF NASSAU, Nassau County Police Department, Office of the Nassau County District Attorney, Detective Robert Ariola, in his official and individual capacities, Police Officers And/Or Detectives John and Jane Does 1-10, District Attorney John and Jane Does 1-10, and Leonardo Valdez-Cruz, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

January 14, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick K. Brewington, Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington, Hempstead, NY, Julius Stewart Moore, Law Office of J. Stewart Moore, P.C., Central Islip, NY, Valerie M. Cartright, Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington, Hempstead, NY, for Sharon Dorsett.

Jacob P. Goldstein, Levin Sullivan Koch & Schulz, LLP, New York, NY, for Newsday LLC.

Sondra Meryl Toscano, Liora M. BenSorek, Nassau County Attorney's Office, Mineola, NY, for County of Nassau.

MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER

A. KATHLEEN TOMLINSON, United States Magistrate Judge.

This civil rights action arises out of the March 2009 tragic death of Jo'Anna Bird, a young mother, at the hands of her former boyfriend and father of her child, Leonardo Valdez-Cruz, who is a defendant in this case. Jo'Anna Bird had obtained several orders of protection against Valdez-Cruz on her own behalf as well as on behalf of her children. Valdez-Cruz was tried and...

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