Legal Opinion
Muntaqim v. Coombe
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 4, 2006No. Docket No. 01-7260-CVPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Per curiam
Jalil Abdul Muntaqim is incarcerated at the Shawangunk Correctional Facility in Wallkill, New York, serving a life term of imprisonment following his conviction for the murder of two New York City police officers in May 1971. In September 1994, Muntaqim, an African American, filed a pro se complaint against several New York officials alleging, inter alia, that New York Election Law section 5-106, which denies the right to vote to incarcerated or paroled felons, violates section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (“VRA”) because it “results in a denial or abridgement of the right ... to vote on…
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