Case Name: Vincent J. CARAVELLA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF NEW YORK, Department of Investigation, City of New York Department of Parks and Recreation, District Attorney of the County of Kings, District Attorney of New York City (Queens County), International Fidelity Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees,
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2003-10-27
Citations: 79 F. App'x 452
Docket Number: No. 03-7119
Parties: Vincent J. CARAVELLA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF NEW YORK, Department of Investigation, City of New York Department of Parks and Recreation, District Attorney of the County of Kings, District Attorney of New York City (Queens County), International Fidelity Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees,
Judges: Present: JACOBS, POOLER, and WESLEY, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Bankruptcy Reporter
Volume: 302
Pages: 452–453

Head Matter:
Vincent J. CARAVELLA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF NEW YORK, Department of Investigation, City of New York Department of Parks and Recreation, District Attorney of the County of Kings, District Attorney of New York City (Queens County), International Fidelity Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees,
No. 03-7119.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
Oct. 27, 2003.
Vincent J. Caravella, Seldin, New York, for Plaintiff-Appellant, (pro se).
Cheryl Payer, New York, New York, for Defendants-Appellees, City of New York Department of Investigation, City of New York Department of Parks and Recreation, District Attorney of New York City — Queens County.
Ross Pearlson (Sills Cummis Radin Tischman Epstein & Gross, P.A.), New York, New York, for Defendant-Appellee International Fidelity Insurance Co.
Present: JACOBS, POOLER, and WESLEY, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
SUMMARY ORDER
UPON DUE CONSIDERATION, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the judgment of the District Court be AFFIRMED.
Familiarity is assumed as to the facts, the procedural context, and the specification of appellate issues. After undertaking de novo review of the district court judgment dismissing plaintiffs claims for lack of standing, we now, affirm.
Plaintiff has no individual standing to bring a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The injuries to plaintiff as alleged were indirectly caused by harm to DVS and therefore are not "distinct" from those of the corporation. See Audio Odyssey, Ltd. v. Brenton First Nat'l Bank, 245 F.3d 721, 729 (8th Cir.2001); Potthoff v. Morin, 245 F.3d 710, 717 (8th Cir.2001). Furthermore, plaintiff has not alleged that his constitutional rights have been violated. See RK Ventures, Inc. v. City of Seattle, 307 F.3d 1045, 1057 (9th Cir.2002); Soranno's Gasco, Inc. v. Morgan, 874 F.2d 1310, 1314 (9th Cir.1989).
Plaintiff also has no individual standing to bring a breach of contract claim as he was not a party to the construction contract between the City and DVS. Although plaintiff individually was an indemnitor to IFIC under a performance bond — required by the contract and activated at the time of DVS's default — his obligations under his indemnification pledge have been discharged in bankruptcy. Plaintiff is thus a stranger to the agreement.
Accordingly, for the reasons set forth above, the judgment of the District Court is hereby AFFIRMED.