Lanning v. City of Glens Falls, 908 F.3d 19 (2d Cir. 2018); affirming 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 32878 (N.D.N.Y. 2017)
The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, affirmed the District Court’s dismissal of a civil rights complaint against local and county municipalities and law enforcement agencies, granting Defendants’ motions for judgment on the pleadings. April Laws and Gregg Johnson defended the County and a Sheriff’s Deputy who effectuated a lawful arrest of the Plaintiff. In a decision clarifying one of the elements required for “malicious prosecution claims,” the Court of Appeals affirmed the pre-discovery dismissal of all malicious prosecution and equal protection claims directed at the County and the Sheriff’s Deputy.