SATCHELL v. DILWORTH

No. 1478, Docket 84-2007.

745 F.2d 781 (1984)

Melvin SATCHELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Donald DILWORTH, John F. Finnerty, Salvatore Romano, Dennis Romano, Robert DeCarlo, Senior Warrant Officer, New York State Department of Correctional Services, individually and in his official capacity and Frank Sicaro, Detective, Suffolk County District Attorney's Office, individually and in his official capacity, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided October 4, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin Satchell, plaintiff-appellant pro se.

Martin Bradley Ashare, Suffolk County Atty., Hauppauge, N.Y. (Chris P. Termini, Asst. County Atty., Hauppauge, N.Y., of counsel), for defendants-appellees.

Before NEWMAN and PRATT, Circuit Judges, and ROBERT J. KELLEHER, District Judge of the Central District of California, sitting by designation.


GEORGE C. PRATT, Circuit Judge:

In our day-to-day work federal judges are called upon to review a seemingly endless parade of complaints by federal and state prisoners. Most of these complaints, particularly those where the prisoner appears pro se, prove to be frivolous, and are summarily disposed of. Occasionally, a complaint is filed that presents sufficient merit to warrant more intensive examination. This is such a case.

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