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RAMSEY v. COUGHLIN

No. 1259, Docket 95-2665.

94 F.3d 71 (1996)

Michael F. RAMSEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Thomas A. COUGHLIN, III, Commissioner, Department of Correctional Services; R.J. McClellan, Superintendent, South-port Correctional Facility, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided August 27, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael F. Ramsey, Auburn, New York, pro se, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Siobhan S. Crary, Assistant Attorney General, State of New York, Albany, New York (Dennis C. Vacco, Attorney General, Peter H. Schiff, Deputy Solicitor General, Nancy A. Spiegel, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel), for Defendants-Appellees.

Before VAN GRAAFEILAND, MESKILL, and WINTER, Circuit Judges.

WINTER, Circuit Judge:

Michael Ramsey, pro se, in forma pauperis, and incarcerated, appeals from Magistrate Judge Foschio's sua sponte grant of summary judgment in favor of New York corrections officials Thomas Coughlin and R.J. McClellan, respectively Commissioner of the Department of Correctional Services and Superintendent of Southport Correctional Facility. We hold that the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1996 ("PLRA"), Title VIII of the Omnibus...

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