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AYERS v. COUGHLIN

No. 1546, Docket 85-2032.

780 F.2d 205 (1985)

Howard AYERS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Thomas A. COUGHLIN, III, Commissioner, Harold J. Smith, Superintendent of Attica, S. Kerbein, Correctional Officer, Defendant-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided December 26, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard Ayers, pro se.

Frank K. Walsh, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen. of State of New York, Robert Hermann, Sol. Gen., and William K. Kogan, Asst. Sol. Gen., Albany, N.Y., on brief), for defendants-appellees.

Before NEWMAN and WINTER, Circuit Judges, and HOLDEN, District Judge.

PER CURIAM:

The plaintiff Howard Ayers, acting in his own behalf and with leave to proceed in forma pauperis in this court, presents this appeal to review a judgment that granted the defendants' motion for summary judgment and dismissed the complaint instituted pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The complaint alleges a violation of his constitutional rights by the defendants, Thomas A. Coughlin, III, the New York Commissioner of the Department of Correctional...

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