THOMAS v. HELD

No. 96 Civ. 5968 (LAK).

941 F.Supp. 444 (1996)

Stanley B. THOMAS, Plaintiff, v. Laura HELD, as Administrator of the Assigned Counsel Plan for the Appellate Division of the State of New York, First Department, The Departmental Screening Committee Of the Criminal Courts Panel Of the Assigned Counsel Plan, and Marvin Raskin, as Chair of the Departmental Screening Committee of the Criminal Courts Panel of the Assigned Counsel Plan, Defendants.

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

October 23, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick Seligman, Delice Seligman, Kingston, NY, for Plaintiff.

Rebecca Ann Durden, Assistant Attorney General, New York City, Dennis C. Vacco, Attorney General of New York, Albany, NY, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

KAPLAN, District Judge.

This action alleges that plaintiff wrongfully was denied recertification to the Assigned Counsel Plan's Criminal Courts Panel, commonly referred to as the 18B Panel. Plaintiff contends that the Screening Committee refused to recertify him to the 18B Panel solely due to his age and seeks redress under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging violations of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution, the Age...

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