Harold Nance v. Walter C. Kelly, Superintendent, Attica Correctional Facility

Harold Nance, pro se, appeals a June 19, 1989, judgment of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York, John T. Curtin, Judge, dismissing his complaint sua sponte under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d) (1988). Nance’s complaint seeks relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982) against Walter Kelly, the Superintendent of Attica Correctional Facility, in connection with alleged constitutional violations during Nance’s imprisonment at Attica. We reverse and remand.

Nance filed his complaint in forma pau-peris. His complaint consisted of handwritten responses to a printed “Form to be…