VAUGHN v. O'DONNELL

No. 85 Civ. 6259 (RPP).

734 F.Supp. 139 (1990)

Gilbert Leonard VAUGHN, a/k/a Gilbert Williams, Plaintiff, v. Deputy Warden O'DONNELL, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

April 10, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Webster & Sheffield, Steven Ringleberg, New York City, for plaintiff.

Victor A. Kovner, Corp. Counsel, The City of New York, Law Dept., New York City, and Robert Trachtenberg, Asst. Corp. Counsel, for defendants.


OPINION AND ORDER

ROBERT P. PATTERSON, Jr., District Judge.

Defendants move to dismiss this action, a prisoner's claim of guard brutality, for failure to prosecute. The alleged incident took place on June 26, 1985. The action was commenced in August 1985 by the filing of a pro se complaint. Defendants took plaintiff's deposition on or about April 21, 1986, pursuant to order of Judge Kram. The case was marked ready for trial by defendants on February 11,...

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