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LEE v. WILLINS

No. 808, Docket 79-2178.

617 F.2d 320 (1980)

Lester LEE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Joseph "Scooter Joe" WILLINS, Kenneth Kaufman, "John Bailey", "John James", "John Doe" and "Richard Roe", Police Officers of the City of New York, Defendants, and Eugene Gold, District Attorney of the County of Kings, and Thomas Davenport, Assistant District Attorney of the County of Kings, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided March 17, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart K. Lesansky, New York City (John S. Kinzey, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

Robert J. Schack, Asst. Atty. Gen., State of N. Y. (Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen., Gerald Ryan, Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City, of counsel), for defendants-appellees.

Before KAUFMAN, Chief Judge, TIMBERS, Circuit Judge, and WERKER, District Judge.

IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Chief Judge:

In 1977, Lester Lee brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Kings County District Attorney Eugene Gold, Assistant District Attorney Thomas Davenport, six New York City police officers, state judges, and his defense counsel. Lee alleged that the defendants had conspired to violate his civil rights in connection with criminal prosecutions brought against him for the murders of Police Officer Elijah Stroud and Lawrence...

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