Legal Opinion
Baker v. Cuomo
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 12, 1995No. Nos. 565, 1135, 1136, 1137, Docket 94-2163 to 94-2165 and 94-2176PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FEINBERG, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs-appellants are black and hispanie convicted felons held in a New York State prison. As incarcerated felons, they are denied the right to vote under § 5-106 of New York State’s Election Law (§ 5-106) even though other felons, who are not incarcerated, may exercise that right. Plaintiffs challenged their disenfranchisement by filing pro se complaints in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York alleging civil rights violations by defendants, then-Govemor of New York State Mario Cuomo and Commissioner of New York State Department of…
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