Jalil Abdul MUNTAQIM, also known as Anthony Bottom, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
Phillip COOMBE, Anthony Annucci, and Louis F. Mann, Defendants-Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued: March 10, 2003.
Decided: April 23, 2004.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Jonathan W. Rauchway (J. Peter Coll, Jr., Cleo A. Jones, and Tara J. Myslinski, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, of counsel), New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Julie M. Sheridan, Assistant Solicitor General (Caitlin J. Halligan, Solicitor General, and Peter H. Schiff, Senior Counsel, of counsel, Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General of the State of New York, on the brief), Albany, NY, for Defendants-Appellees.
Nancy Northup (Jessie Allen, Kim Barry, of counsel), Brennan Center for Justice, New York University School of Law, New York, NY, for amicus curiae Brennan Center for Justice.
Before: MESKILL, CARDAMONE and CABRANES, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge.
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