DAVIDSON v. DESAI

No. 19-280-pr August Term 2019.

964 F.3d 122 (2020)

Ronald DAVIDSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Uday K. DESAI, M.D., Cheng Yin, M.D., Heman K. Fowler, N.P., Floyd Bennett, Calvin West, Dana M. Smith, Wesley Canfield, M.D., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: July 7, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin P. Mulry , Farrell Fritz, P.C., Uniondale, New York, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Frank Brady , Assistant Solicitor General ( Victor Paladino , Senior Assistant Solicitor General, Barbara D. Underwood , Solicitor General, on the brief), for Letitia James, Attorney General of the State of New York, Albany, New York.

Before: Wesley, Livingston, and Menashi, Circuit Judges.


In this appeal, we decide whether a district court can compel state officials to bring a parolee to his own civil trial and, if so, what showing is required to do so. We conclude that although a parolee has no constitutional right to attend his own civil trial, a district court has discretion to issue a writ of habeas corpus...

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