<div>Smith v City of Buffalo - 2026 NY Slip Op 02571

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<nav> <ol> <li>Home</li> <li>All Court Decisions</li> <li>Decisions</li> </ol> </nav> <div> <div> <h1>Smith v City of Buffalo</h1> <p>2026 NY Slip Op 02571</p> <p>April 24, 2026</p> <p>Appellate Division, Fourth Department</p> <p>Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.</p> <p>This decision is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.</p> </div> <div> <p>JEREMIAH SMITH, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT,</p> <p>v</p> <p>CITY OF BUFFALO, CITY OF BUFFALO POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND JOHN DOES 1-10, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.</p> </div> <p>Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department</p> <p>Decided on April 24, 2026</p> <p>352 CA 24-01986</p> <p>Present: Whalen, P.J., Curran, Ogden, Nowak, And Delconte, JJ.</p> <div> <p>HORN WRIGHT, LLP, BUFFALO (RON F. WRIGHT OF COUNSEL), FOR PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT. </p> <p>ROBERT E. QUINN, ACTING CORPORATION COUNSEL, BUFFALO (DAVID M. LEE OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS. </p> </div> <p> </p><p> Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Erie County (Edward Pace, J.), entered November 12, 2024. The order denied the motion of plaintiff for leave to amend the complaint. </p> <p></p>[*1] <p>It is hereby ORDERED that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.</p> <p>Entered: April 24, 2026</p> <p>Ann Dillon Flynn</p> <p>Clerk of the Court</p> </div>

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