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IN RE SIMS

Docket No. 06-0644-op.

534 F.3d 117 (2008)

In re: Nathaniel SIMS. Nathaniel Sims, Petitioner, v. Mike J. Blot, Correctional Officer, Francisco Caraballo, Correctional Officer, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Final brief submitted: February 15, 2008.

Decided: July 18, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Antony L. Ryan, New York, NY (Jeffrey B. Korn, Josef M. Klazen, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York, NY, on the brief), for Petitioner.

Robert C. Weisz, Assistant Solicitor General, New York, NY (Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General of the State of New York, Michael S. Belohlavek, Senior Counsel, New York, NY, on the brief), for Respondents.

Before: KEARSE, LEVAL, and CABRANES, Circuit Judges.

KEARSE, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner Nathaniel Sims, a New York State ("State") prisoner who is pursuing an action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against State corrections officers for the alleged use of excessive force against him on December 20, 1999, seeks a writ of mandamus to set aside a discovery order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Loretta A. Preska, Judge, requiring disclosure of Sims's privileged psychiatric...

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