Legal Opinion
Lewis v. Rawson
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 28, 2009No. Docket 05-3805-prPublishedCited by 215 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REENA RAGGI, Circuit Judge:
New York State prisoner Teddy Lewis sued the named defendants, officials and employees of the New York State Department of Correctional Services, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for alleged violations of his constitutional rights while being held at Great Meadow Correctional Facility (“Great Meadow”). Proceeding pro se, Lewis now appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York (Lawrence E. Kahn, Judge), dismissing his suit with prejudice based on his refusal to testify at trial while incarcerated at Great Meadow.…
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