Legal Opinion
Mathis v. Clerk of the First Department Appellate Division
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 19, 1986No. 85 Civ. 4426 (RWS)PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SWEET, District Judge.
Plaintiff Homer Aki Mathis (“Mathis”), a prisoner in the custody of the Clinton Correctional Facility, brings this action pro se pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 seeking redress for an alleged violation of his constitutional right to perfect an appeal from his criminal conviction in the New York State Courts. The defendants in this action, the Clerk of the First Department, Appellate Division, New York Supreme Court, and the court stenographers (collectively the “State”) have moved to dismiss the complaint pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6), Fed.R. Civ.P. for failure to state…
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