Legal Opinion

Cuoco v. U.S. Bureau of Prisons

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided August 2, 2004No. 98 Civ.9009(WHP)PublishedCited by 90 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM and ORDER

PAULEY, District Judge.

This motion concerns an egregious abuse of the in forma pauperis privilege through fraud. Plaintiff pro se, John A. Cuoco 1 (“Cuoco”), a serial litigant, seeks an unspecified amount of monetary damages against defendants the United States Bureau of Prisons (“BOP”), the United States of America, Captain William C. Henderson, Lieutenant K. Bittenbender, and five unidentified individuals for exces sive force, deprivation of equal protection and negligent destruction of personal property. Cuoco, who is incarcerated at the Federal Medical Center in…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Fred M. Anderson and Wayne Nelson, Fred M. Anderson v. Thomas Coughlin, Commissioner, New York State Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
  3. Attwood v. SingletaryCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1997
  4. Frank Thomas v. General Motors Acceptance Corp.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2002
  5. Anthony Mathis v. New York Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998

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