LASSITER v. FLEMING

No. 435, Docket 72-1876.

473 F.2d 1374 (1973)

William LASSITER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Correction Officer FLEMING, Queens House of Detention, Correction Officer Weaver, Badge No. 711, Queens House of Detention, Individually and in their official capacities, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided February 7, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger Boyle, New York City (Timothy R. Greiner, Flushing, on the brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

Beatrice Rothman, New York City (Norman Redlich, Corp. Counsel of the City of New York, Stanley Buchsbaum, New York City, on the brief), for defendants-appellees.

Before ANDERSON, FEINBERG and MULLIGAN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Plaintiff William Lassiter appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York after a non-jury trial before Jack B. Weinstein, J., dismissing his claim for damages under the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, against defendants Raymond Fleming and Willis A. Weaver. Defendants were Correction Officers in the Queens House of Detention on October 24, 1970, when, according to plaintiff, they...

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