Legal Opinion
Burgos v. Hopkins
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 26, 1994No. 44, Docket 93-2006PublishedCited by 587 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALTIMARI, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-appellant Ricardo Burgos appeals pro se from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Nickerson, /.), dismissing on res judicata grounds his civil rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1988). The district court determined that Burgos’s § 1983 claims had already been fully litigated in a state court habeas corpus proceeding, which had been decided against him. The district court had previously denied Burgos’s motion for appointment of pro bono counsel.
Burgos now essentially argues that the district…
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