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HALL v. COUNTY OF MONROE

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department.
Apr 5, 1985

Order unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, and defendants' motion granted. Memorandum: Plaintiff sued the County of Monroe and the Sheriff of Monroe County for false arrest and imprisonment based upon the detention of the plaintiff pursuant to a bench warrant which had been withdrawn prior to plaintiff's arrest. Special Term erred in denying defendants' motion for summary judgment. A county is not liable for the acts of its Sheriff or his deputies ( see, NY Const, art XIII, ยง 13 [a]; Stalteri v. County of Monroe, 107 A.D.2d 1071; Wilson v. Sponable, 81 A.D.2d 1, appeal dismissed 54 N.Y.2d 834; cf. Barr v. County of Albany, 50 N.Y.2d 247).