SCOTTO v. ALMENAS

Docket No. 97-7673.

143 F.3d 105 (1998)

John SCOTTO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Arcadio ALMENAS, Carol Forman, Kenneth Wegman, Barbara Mei, James F. O'Rorke, Jr., individually and as a member of the law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York State Division of Parole, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided May 5, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence G. Golde, Hartman Sands & Foster, New York City (Lawrence M. Sands, on brief), for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Richard L. Huffman, Baden Kramer Huffman & Brodsky, P.C., New York City, for Defendant-Appellee Kenneth Wegman.

Ronald E. DePetris, DePetris & Bachrach, New York City, for Defendant-Appellee Arcadio Almenas.

Lewis Tesser, Segal & Tesser LLP, New York City, for Defendant-Appellee Carol Forman.

Vaughn C. Williams, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York City, for Defendants-Appellees Barbara Mei, James F. O'Rorke, Jr., and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.

John P. Barry, State of New York Attorney General's Office, New York City, for Defendant-Appellee New York State Division of Parole.

Before: VAN GRAAFEILAND, WALKER, Circuit Judges, and KOELTL, District Judge.


JOHN M. WALKER, Jr., Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-appellant John Scotto brought this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against defendants-appellees Arcadio Almenas, Carol Forman, and Kenneth Wegman, all officers of the New York State Division of Parole ("DOP")(collectively, the "DOP defendants"), and against defendants-appellees Barbara Mei, James F. O'Rorke, and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (collectively, the "non-government defendants"). Scotto...

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