Case Name: Antonio Rodriguez, Appellant, v. City of New York et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2012-02-23
Citations: 92 A.D.3d 596
Docket Number: 
Parties: Antonio Rodriguez, Appellant, v City of New York et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 92
Pages: 596–597

Head Matter:
Antonio Rodriguez, Appellant, v City of New York et al., Respondents.
[938 NYS2d 802]

Opinion:
Bronx County was a proper venue for this action alleging false arrest, false imprisonment, malicious prosecution, assault, battery and civil rights violations. It is uncontested that plaintiff was arrested in Bronx County, and the alleged assault and battery, and related alleged civil rights violations, arose in Bronx County (CPLR 504 [3]; see Garces v City of New York, 60 AD3d 551 [2009]). Moreover defendants did not make a demand for a change of venue as required by CPLR 511 (a). Defendants have made no showing that the convenience of witnesses required a change of venue to New York County, nor have they persuasively argued that the ends of justice favor such a change (CPLR 510 [3]). Concur — Tom, J.P, Friedman, Sweeny, Moskowitz and DeGrasse, JJ.