Legal Opinion
Easton Beckford v. Leonardo Portuondo, Superintendent at Shawangunk Correctional Facility
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 11, 2000No. 2000PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Per curiam
Easton Beckford is a wheelchair-bound New York State prison inmate. He began this action on February 26, 1998, by filing a pro se complaint against nineteen named defendants and two “Doe” defendants under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. His complaint alleges various violations of the Eighth Amendment, the Fourteenth Amendment, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. § 12131, and § 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. § 794(a). It also asserts a state-law tort claim.
Beckford’s complaint focuses on events alleged to have occurred between January 16 and January 24, 1997, while Beckford was…
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