Legal Opinion
Wright v. Goord
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 3, 2009No. Docket 06-1728(L), 06-1808-prPublishedCited by 1,209 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KEARSE, Circuit Judge:
In these consolidated appeals, plaintiff Melvin M. Wright, Jr., as administrator of the affairs of Melvin O. Wright (“Wright”), who was an inmate in the custody of the New York State Department of Correctional Services (“DOCS”) from 1982 until November 2007, a month before his death, pursues challenges to summary judgments entered in two actions in the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York dismissing Wright’s claims, brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, against several DOCS corrections officers (“COs”) for alleged use of excessive force in…
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