SANTANA v. KEANE

No. 249, Docket 91-2268.

949 F.2d 584 (1991)

Altagracia SANTANA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John KEANE, Superintendent; P. Sinclair, Corrections Officer, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided November 18, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Altagracia Santana, appellant pro se.

Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen. of the State of N.Y., Robert J. Schack, Barbara P. Demchuk, and Barbara B. Butler, Asst. Attys. Gen., New York City, of counsel, for defendants-appellees.

Before OAKES, Chief Judge, FEINBERG and ALTIMARI, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Altagracia Santana, pro se and in forma pauperis, appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Kenneth Conboy, Judge, granting defendants' motion to dismiss Santana's action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1988). For the reasons set forth below, we reverse and remand.

The district court found that Santana failed to state a claim upon which relief can be granted and therefore...

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