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SHAKUR v. McGRATH

No. 694, Docket 74-2324.

517 F.2d 983 (1975)

Lumumba SHAKUR et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. George F. McGRATH et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided June 4, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Murray L. Lewis, New York City (Adrian P. Burke, Corp. Counsel, and L. Kevin Sheridan, New York City, on the brief), for defendants-appellants.

Eric Schnapper, New York City (Jack Greenberg, New York City, on the brief), for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before MULLIGAN and GURFEIN, Circuit Judges, and POLLACK, District Judge.

PER CURIAM:

This appeal seeks dismissal of a medical malpractice claim against two physicians, Drs. Collins and Plew, employed by the New York City Prison System, asserted against them by a former inmate, Lee Berry. The malpractice charge was added as a pendent claim by amendment to the complaint nine months after the suit was filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in which Berry and other plaintiffs sought injunctive relief and damages against correction officials and...

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