Legal Opinion
Robert Davis v. Walter R. Kelly
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 23, 1998No. Docket 97-2575PublishedCited by 151 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:
This appeal by a prisoner challenging what he alleges is a retaliatory transfer primarily concerns the appropriate disposition of a complaint asserting what appears to be a meritless claim against a warden where other corrections officials with potential liability have not yet been identified. Robert Davis, an inmate at Green Haven Correctional Facility, appeals from the August 7, 1997 judgment of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York (Richard J. Arcara, Judge), granting the motion of defendant Walter R. Kelly, Superintendent and…
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