Bell v. New York

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

MARY JOHNSON LOWE, District Judge.

Plaintiff, pro se, brings this action for violation of his constitutional rights under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. He requests a judgment pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2201 declaring his due process rights in the context of a 1975-76 state criminal prosecution that led to his two-count misdemeanor conviction. The Court rules that plaintiff’s claims present no substantial constitutional question and therefore dismisses the complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.1

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