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OPINION AND ORDER On January 28, 2022, Analia Acosta (“Plaintiff”) initiated this action against the Town of Mamaroneck and John Doe Defendants 1-6 in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of Westchester. (Doc. 1). Plaintiff added the Village of Mamaroneck as a Defendant on February 15, 2022. (Id.). On March 3, 2022, the Town of Mamaroneck removed the action to this Court. (Id.). The Town of Mamaroneck filed its answer on March 17, 2022 (Doc. 8), and an initial conference was held on May 9, 2022 (Doc. 18). Thereafter, Plaintiff filed an Amended Complaint dropping both the Town and Village of Mamaroneck as named defendants and identifying the following officers of the Village of Mamaroneck police department as defendants: Officer Marco Ferraro, Jr., Officer Osvaldo Ramos, Officer Sebastian Salazar, Officer Bonacci, Officer Robert Iverson, III, and Lt. Falcone (collectively, “Defendants”). (Doc. 19, “FAC”). The sole remaining claim for relief in the Amended Complaint alleges malicious abuse of process pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §1983. (Id.

48-64).1 Defendants filed their answer on October 24, 2022 (Doc. 37), and the parties engaged in discovery pursuant to a Civil Case Discovery Plan and Scheduling Order. (Doc. 33; Doc. 40; Doc. 43). Defendants served their motion for summary judgment in accordance with the briefing schedule set by the Court. (Doc. 64; Doc. 65, “Goodman Decl.”; Doc. 66, “Def. Br.”; Doc. 67).2 Plaintiff opposed Defendants’ motion (Doc. 68, “Pl. Br.”), and the motion was fully briefed with the filing of Defendants’ reply papers (Doc. 69, “Reply”). For the reasons set forth below, Defendants’ motion for summary judgment is GRANTED. BACKGROUND The Court recites the facts herein only to the extent necessary to adjudicate the extant motion for summary judgment and draws them from the pleadings, Defendants’ Rule 56.1 Statement with Plaintiff’s counterstatement and responses thereto, and the admissible evidence proffered by the parties.3 Unless otherwise indicated, the facts cited herein are undisputed. On October 16, 2021, at approximately 9:25 p.m., Defendants were dispatched to Plaintiff’s residence at 501 North Berry Avenue, Apartment 3H, Mamaroneck, New York, to respond to a report of a fight in progress. (56.1

 
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