Canty v. Kruger ( 2010 )

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Canty v. Kruger
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT
SUMMARY ORDER
RULINGS BY SUMMARY ORDER DO NOT HAVE PRECEDENTIAL EFFECT . CITATION TO A SUMMARY ORDER FILED
ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2007, IS PERMITTED AND IS GOVERNED BY FEDERAL RULE OF APPELLATE
PROCEDURE 32.1 AND THIS COURT ’S LOCAL RULE 32.1.1. WHEN CITING A SUMMARY ORDER IN A
DOCUMENT FILED WITH THIS COURT , A PARTY MUST CITE EITHER THE FEDERAL APPENDIX OR AN
ELECTRONIC DATABASE (WITH THE NOTATION “SUMMARY ORDER ”). A PARTY CITING A SUMMARY ORDER MUST
SERVE A COPY OF IT ON ANY PARTY NOT REPRESENTED BY COUNSEL .
1 At a stated term of the United States Court of Appeals
2 for the Second Circuit, held at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan
3 United States Courthouse, 500 Pearl Street, in the City of
4 New York, on the 22 nd day of February, two thousand ten.
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6 PRESENT: DENNIS JACOBS,
7 Chief Judge,
8 ROSEMARY S. POOLER,
9 ROBERT A. KATZMANN,
10 Circuit Judges.
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13 MOSHE CINQUE CANTY,
14 Plaintiff-Appellant,
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18 FREDERICK J. KRUGER, Correction
19 Lieutenant, LT. QUINN, Correction
20 Lieutenant, RICHARD J. COX, Correction
21 Sergeant, PETER M. KUC, Correction
22 Officer, JEFFREY W. CLAFLIN,
23 Correction Officer, RICHARD M. KNIGHT,
24 Correction Officer,
25 Defendants-Appellees.
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1 APPEARING FOR APPELLANT: Moshe Cinque Canty, pro se,
2 Elmira, New York.
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4 APPEARING FOR APPELLEE: Andrew M. Cuomo, Attorney
5 General of the State of New
6 York; Barbara D. Underwood,
7 Solicitor General of the State
8 of New York; Andrea Oser, Deputy
9 Solicitor General of the State
10 of New York; Rajit S. Dosanjh,
11 Assistant Solicitor General of
12 the State of New York.
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14 Appeal from a judgment of the United States District
15 Court for the Northern District of New York (McCurn, J.).
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17 UPON DUE CONSIDERATION, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED
18 AND DECREED that the judgment of the district court be
19 AFFIRMED.
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21 Plaintiff-appellant Moshe Cinque Canty argues that the
22 jury’s verdict was unsupported by sufficient evidence. We
23 assume the parties’ familiarity with the underlying facts,
24 the procedural history, and the issues presented for review.
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26 Canty did not preserve his argument by filing a motion
27 pursuant to Rule 50 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
28 Accordingly, we may consider his challenge only: (1) if the
29 district court indicated that a Rule 50 motion need not be
30 filed, or (2) “to prevent a manifest injustice in cases
31 where a jury’s verdict is wholly without legal support.”
32 Jacques v. DiMarzio, Inc., 386 F.3d 192, 199 (2d Cir. 2004)
33 (internal quotation marks and alteration omitted). Here,
34 the district court did not relieve Canty of his obligation
35 under Rule 50, and the officers’ testimony at trial
36 constitutes sufficient evidence to sustain the jury’s
37 verdict.
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39 Finding no merit in Canty’s remaining arguments, we
40 hereby AFFIRM the judgment of the district court.
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42 FOR THE COURT:
43 CATHERINE O’HAGAN WOLFE, CLERK
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