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CHAVIS v. CHAPPIUS

Docket No. 07-2304-pr.

618 F.3d 162 (2010)

George M. CHAVIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. P. CHAPPIUS, P. Corcoran, S. Skowly, J. Northrop, R. Barnard, C. Retrossi, C. Kerbein, C. Washburn, P. Jayne, E. Delany, M. Delaro, T. Hana, T. Morton, M. Miles, J. Ayers, R. Squires, M. Deburgomaster, S. Hodge, B. Brandt, Walsh, Jillston, B. Wolnarek, Angie, Carpenter, Shumaker, J. Irrizarry, Furhman, M. Mcginnis, H.A. Collect, D. Selsky, J. Escrow, Defendants, Andrew M. Cuomo, Attorney General of the State of New York, Amicus Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: August 17, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Savvas A. Foukas ( Vilia B. Hayes , on the brief), Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, New York, N.Y., for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Martin A. Hotvet , Assistant Solicitor General, for Nancy A. Spiegel , Senior Assistant Solicitor General, Barbara D. Underwood , Solicitor General, and Andrew M. Cuomo , Attorney General, New York, N.Y., for Amicus Curiae.

Before McLAUGHLIN, CALABRESI and LIVINGSTON, Circuit Judges.

CALABRESI, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-Appellant George Chavis brought suit in the United States District Court for the Western District of New York, claiming, inter alia, that he had been beaten and denied medical treatment by staff members and officials of Southport Correctional Facility ("Southport"), where he was incarcerated. Chavis sought leave to proceed in forma pauperis ("IFP") under 28 U.S.C. § 1915. The District Court (Elfvin, J.) denied...

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