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POWELL v. JARVIS

No. 483, Docket 71-1948.

460 F.2d 551 (1972)

Jacob POWELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Detective Sylvester JARVIS and Mary Gamble, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided May 26, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacob Powell, Auburn, N. Y., pro se.

Irving Genn, New York City (J. Lee Rankin, Corp. Counsel, New York City, Jay A. Kranis, Jay Furman, New York City, on the brief), for appellee Jarvis.

Kalman Finkel, New York City (Michael D. Hampden, Paul L. Klein, Legal Aid Society, New York City, on the brief), for appellee Gamble.

Before HAYS and OAKES, Circuit Judges, and CLARIE, District Judge.

HAYS, Circuit Judge:

Jacob Powell appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissing his complaint for damages and injunctive relief under the civil rights statutes, 42 U.S.C. § 1981 et seq. (1970). We affirm.

Powell's complaint arises from the circumstances surrounding his arrest and conviction for manslaughter in the Supreme Court of New York, Bronx County. An appeal from this conviction is pending...

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