Hicks v. Erie County, New York.U.S. Appeals Court LEGAL ASSISTANCE Hicks v. Erie County, New York Erie County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2000 census, the population was 950,265. The county seat is Buffalo. The county's name comes from Lake Erie, which in turn comes from the Erie tribe of Indians who lived south and east of the lake before 1654. , 65 Fed.Appx. 746 (2nd Cir. 2003). [unpublished] Paralegals filed a [section] 1983 action challenging an unwritten policy prohibiting paralegals with felony convictions from obtaining privileged access to a county holding center. The district court entered summary judgment in favor of the county on all but one count, awarded nominal damages Minimal money damages awarded to an individual in an action where the person has not suffered any substantial injury or loss for which he or she must be compensated. for a due process violation, and partially granted the paralegals' motion for attorney fees. The parties appealed. The appeals court affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded, finding that the county's policy did not violate the paralegals' due process rights. (Erie County Erie County is the name of several counties in the United States:
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of ) |
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