Cortes v. Johnson

DECISION AND ORDER

LARIMER, Chief Judge.

Procedural Background

Plaintiff, Manuel Cortes, appearing pro se, commenced this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff, while an inmate in the custody of the New York State Department of Correctional Services, alleged in his complaint that defendants, who at all relevant times were employed at Orleans Correctional Facility (“Orleans”), failed to provide him with appropriate medical treatment and non-inmate 1 interpreters of Spanish, plaintiffs native language. By order of Hon. John T. Elfvin, entered November 17, 1997 (Dkt.#4), the Court dismissed with…