Giakoumelos v. Coughlin

FEINBERG, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff John Giakoumelos is a prisoner in the custody of the New York State De*57partment of Correctional Services (DOCS). Defendants are various DOCS officials, including those involved in the disciplinary proceedings against Giakoumelos that form the basis of this appeal.' Giakoumelos appeals from a judgment filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York in March 1995, in accordance with a decision by Magistrate Judge Ralph W. Smith, Jr., granting summary judgment for defendants in Giakoumelos’s civil rights action. The district court…