Artway v. Pallone

OPINION OF THE COURT

VAN DUSEN, Senior Circuit Judge.

I

This appeal challenges a June 1980 final judgment of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, dismissing a civil rights complaint1 seeking *1170declaratory and injunctive relief against state officials under the 1871 Civil Rights Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 & 1985). The judgment was based on a record consisting of the pleadings, affidavits, and answers to interrogatories. For the reasons stated in this opinion, we will affirm the above judgment.

II

This action arises out of plaintiff’s May 1971 conviction of sodomy based on a…