Legal Opinion
Rodney Taylor v. Michael Kavanagh
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 26, 1981No. 508, Docket 80-2205PublishedCited by 134 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff Rodney Taylor, pro se, instituted this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in 1978 against Michael Kavanagh, an Assistant District Attorney for Ulster County, New York. Claiming that Kavanagh lied to him during plea negotiations and violated the terms of the negotiated plea agreement, Taylor seeks to set aside a criminal convic tion resulting from his guilty plea. He also requests compensatory and punitive damages amounting to $5.5 million.
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Taylor was arrested in Kingston, New York, in October 1974, and on December 20, 1974, he was indicted and charged…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Butz v. EconomouSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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3Cited by134 opinions
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- Josiah Haynesworth and Fred Hancock v. Frank P. Miller, Chief, Law Enforcement Section, Office of the Corporation Counsel, (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987
- Schrob v. CattersonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1991
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