DELL'ORFANO v. ROMANO

No. 432, Docket 91-2276.

962 F.2d 199 (1992)

John J. DELL'ORFANO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Salvatore ROMANO; Captain Wilcenski; Sgt. Bennett; Investigator Sanacrose, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided April 23, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Dell'Orfano, pro se.

Jeltje DeJong, Asst. Suffolk County Atty., Hauppauge, N.Y. (E. Thomas Boyle, Suffolk County Atty., of counsel), for defendants-appellees.

Before: CARDAMONE, PIERCE, and MINER, Circuit Judges.


PIERCE, Circuit Judge:

John J. Dell'Orfano, a state prisoner, appeals pro se from a judgment, entered on May 8, 1991, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Wexler, Judge, after a non-jury trial, in favor of defendants, state prison officials. For the reasons set forth below, we vacate the judgment of the district court and remand for a jury trial.

BACKGROUND

On June 14, 1987, Dell'Orfano was received...

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