WESLEY, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs primary argument on appeal presents a question of first impression in our circuit: whether recourse to the pattern-or-practice evidentiary framework is appropriate in a suit against individual state officials brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for intentional discrimination.
I. BACKGROUND
This case has as a backdrop prior litigation involving claims of racial discrimination at Elmira Correctional Facility...
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