Legal Opinion
Francis v. Pellegrino
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 21, 2007No. 04-4856-prPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SUMMARY ORDER
Plaintiff-appellant Ernest Francis appeals from a judgment entered on August 5, 2004, in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Kravitz, J.), dismissing Francis’s complaint in this case. We assume the parties’ familiarity with the facts, procedural history, and specification of issues on appeal.
We review de novo a district court’s decision dismissing a claim under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B). See, e.g„ McEachin v. McGuinnis, 357 F.3d 197, 200 (2d Cir.2004). This Court is “free to affirm an appealed decision on any ground which finds support in the record,…
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