Vassenelli v City of Syracuse
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Vassenelli v City of Syracuse
2019 NY Slip Op 08114
Decided on November 8, 2019
Appellate Division, Fourth Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law ยง 431.
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Decided on November 8, 2019
PRESENT: WHALEN, P.J., PERADOTTO, NEMOYER, AND CURRAN, JJ. (Filed Nov. 8, 2019.)
MOTION NO. (441/19) CA 18-00955.
[*1]NICHOLAS L. VASSENELLI, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT,
v
CITY OF SYRACUSE, STEPHANIE A. MINER, IN HER INDIVIDUAL AND OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS MAYOR OF CITY OF SYRACUSE, FRANK L. FOWLER, IN HIS INDIVIDUAL AND OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS CHIEF OF POLICE FOR CITY OF SYRACUSE, JUDY CULETON, IN HER INDIVIDUAL AND OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION OF SYRACUSE POLICE DEPARTMENT, MATTHEW DRISCOLL, IN HIS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY AS FORMER MAYOR OF CITY OF SYRACUSE, GARY MIGUEL, IN HIS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY AS FORMER CHIEF OF POLICE OF CITY OF SYRACUSE, SERGEANT RICHARD PERRIN, IN HIS INDIVIDUAL AND OFFICIAL CAPACITY, DAVID BARRETTE, IN HIS INDIVIDUAL AND OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS DEPUTY CHIEF OF SYRACUSE POLICE DEPARTMENT, SERGEANT MICHAEL MOUREY, IN HIS INDIVIDUAL AND OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS EMPLOYEE IN CHARGE OF THE MEDICAL SECTION OF CITY OF SYRACUSE POLICE DEPARTMENT, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS, ET AL., DEFENDANTS. (ACTION NO. 1.)
NICHOLAS L. VASSENELLI, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT,
v
CITY OF SYRACUSE, STEPHANIE A. MINER, IN HER INDIVIDUAL AND OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS MAYOR OF CITY OF SYRACUSE, FRANK L. FOWLER, IN HIS INDIVIDUAL AND OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS CHIEF OF POLICE FOR CITY OF SYRACUSE, SERGEANT MICHAEL MOUREY, IN HIS INDIVIDUAL AND OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS EMPLOYEE IN CHARGE OF THE MEDICAL SECTION OF CITY OF SYRACUSE POLICE DEPARTMENT, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS, ET AL., DEFENDANTS. (ACTION NO. 2.) (APPEAL NO. 1.)
Decided on November 8, 2019
PRESENT: WHALEN, P.J., PERADOTTO, NEMOYER, AND CURRAN, JJ. (Filed Nov. 8, 2019.)
MOTION NO. (441/19) CA 18-00955.
[*1]NICHOLAS L. VASSENELLI, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT,
v
CITY OF SYRACUSE, STEPHANIE A. MINER, IN HER INDIVIDUAL AND OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS MAYOR OF CITY OF SYRACUSE, FRANK L. FOWLER, IN HIS INDIVIDUAL AND OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS CHIEF OF POLICE FOR CITY OF SYRACUSE, JUDY CULETON, IN HER INDIVIDUAL AND OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION OF SYRACUSE POLICE DEPARTMENT, MATTHEW DRISCOLL, IN HIS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY AS FORMER MAYOR OF CITY OF SYRACUSE, GARY MIGUEL, IN HIS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY AS FORMER CHIEF OF POLICE OF CITY OF SYRACUSE, SERGEANT RICHARD PERRIN, IN HIS INDIVIDUAL AND OFFICIAL CAPACITY, DAVID BARRETTE, IN HIS INDIVIDUAL AND OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS DEPUTY CHIEF OF SYRACUSE POLICE DEPARTMENT, SERGEANT MICHAEL MOUREY, IN HIS INDIVIDUAL AND OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS EMPLOYEE IN CHARGE OF THE MEDICAL SECTION OF CITY OF SYRACUSE POLICE DEPARTMENT, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS, ET AL., DEFENDANTS. (ACTION NO. 1.)
NICHOLAS L. VASSENELLI, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT,
v
CITY OF SYRACUSE, STEPHANIE A. MINER, IN HER INDIVIDUAL AND OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS MAYOR OF CITY OF SYRACUSE, FRANK L. FOWLER, IN HIS INDIVIDUAL AND OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS CHIEF OF POLICE FOR CITY OF SYRACUSE, SERGEANT MICHAEL MOUREY, IN HIS INDIVIDUAL AND OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS EMPLOYEE IN CHARGE OF THE MEDICAL SECTION OF CITY OF SYRACUSE POLICE DEPARTMENT, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS, ET AL., DEFENDANTS. (ACTION NO. 2.) (APPEAL NO. 1.)
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
Motion for reargument or leave to appeal to the Court of Appeals denied.
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