Carrington v. Moore

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Melkonian, J.), entered October 3, 2013 in Ulster County, which, among other things, denied plaintiffs motion for a default judgment.

In September 2010, plaintiff, an inmate, commenced this action pursuant to 42 USC § 1983 against defendants, various employees of the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, claiming a deprivation of his rights as the result of a positive urinalysis report. Plaintiff served a copy of the summons and complaint upon the named defendants in accordance with an order of the Supreme Court permitting an…