Legal Opinion
Kaufman v. Kaye
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 10, 2006No. Docket No. 05-5215-cvPublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WINTER, Circuit Judge.
Melvyn Kaufman appeals from Judge Trager’s dismissal of his complaint, which brought an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Kaufman alleges that the procedure for assigning appeals among panels of judges in New York’s Second Department of the Appellate Division violates the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment because it permits court staff to assign cases to panels of judges on a non-transparent, discretionary basis.
Based on O’Shea v. Littleton, 414 U.S. 488, 94 S.Ct. 669, 38 L.Ed.2d 674 (1974), we affirm.
BACKGROUND
Because this is an appeal…
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