Lebron v. Russo

This appeal does not concern the merits of the order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Hellerstein, J.), filed December 14, 1999, granting defendants-appellees’ (“defendants”) motion for summary judgment and dismissing plaintiff-appellant’s, Elvin Lebrón (“Lebrón”), action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. As directed by this Court’s order dated November 15, 2000, the sole issue presented by plaintiff-appellant’s motion to reinstate this appeal is “whether, under 28 U.S.C. § 1915, as amended by the Prison Litigation Reform Act [ (‘PLRA’)] [April…