CORSELLI v. COUGHLIN

No. 667, Docket 87-2088.

842 F.2d 23 (1987)

James Joseph CORSELLI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Thomas A. COUGHLIN, III, James E. Sullivan, [Pedro] Berrios and Ronald G. Bolt, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided March 15, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas T. Tamlyn, Jr., (Carla A. Kerr on the briefs), New York City, for plaintiff-appellant.

Anne Ehrenkranz, New York City, Asst. Atty. Gen. of the State of N.Y. (Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen. of the State of N.Y., of counsel), for defendants-appellees.

Before FEINBERG, Chief Judge, and MESKILL and MAHONEY, Circuit Judges.


FEINBERG, Chief Judge:

Plaintiff James Joseph Corselli, an incarcerated state prisoner, appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Thomas P. Griesa, J., granting defendants' motion for summary judgment and dismissing Corselli's complaint brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 that defendants have violated his constitutional rights. For the reasons set forth below, the judgment of the district court is reversed and...

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