Peoples v. Annucci

OPINION AND ORDER

SHIRAA. SCHEINDLIN, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE.:2

I. INTRODUCTION

In April, 2011, Leroy Peoples, appearing pro se, sued DOCCS, claiming that his designation to solitary confinement for a three-year term for improperly maintaining certain legal documents in his cell and related conduct was unconstitutional. Two years later, in March, 2013, an action previously filed by Dewayne Richardson, also appearing pro se, was joined with Peoples’ case. Similarly to Peopled, Richardson was sentenced to three years’ solitary confinement for maintaining documents in his cell that were…