U.S. District Court: RETALIATION.

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Bowman v. City of Middletown, 91 F.Supp.2d 644 (S.D.N.Y. 2000). An arrestee who was held for 19 days on suspicion of murder brought a [sections] 1983 action alleging false arrest, malicious prosecution and civil rights violations while confined. The district court held that denial of commissary privileges for five days was not a due process violation, especially since the only deprivation suffered was the inability to order cigarettes, which was the sole item the detainee desired from the commissary. The court found that the jail superintendent was entitled to qualified immunity from liability for his decision to...