Legal Opinion
Hall v. Mackey
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 15, 1989No. 88 Civ. 1813 (JMW)Published
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
WALKER, District Judge:
The plaintiff Ralph Ratton Hall is incarcerated at the Woodbourne Correctional Facility. This action, brought pursuant to the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, addresses the prison’s alleged confiscation of a letter Hall wished to send to the Secretary of State of New York. In the letter, Hall apparently sought permission to distribute funds from a certain account in his name, and to incorporate himself. The underlying action is not presently at issue.
Defendants have moved to vacate a default judgment previously entered by this Court, and for leave…
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- Davis v. MuslerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
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