Greenwood v. New York

CALABRESI, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-appellant Albert Greenwood appeals from a judgment dated August 29,1996 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Loretta A. Preska, District Judge). The district court granted summary judgment to the defendant-appellee state officials in Greenwood’s suit brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983; it did so on the ground that the officials had qualified immunity.1 We disagree with the court’s conclusion that Greenwood’s property right in his clinical staff privileges was not *121clearly established and that the state officials were…