Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit August 17, 2001, Docket Nos. 00-7790, 00-7791 (Provost v. City of Newburgh)

lead-opinion

SACK, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Robert Provost1 appeals from a May 19, 2000 judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (George A. Yanthis, Magistrate Judge) granting partial judgment as a matter of law to the defendants following a trial and a jury verdict for the *151plaintiff.