Legal Opinion
Marsh v. Kirschner
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided September 30, 1998No. 3:97CV0634(RNC)PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING AND ORDER ON 'DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS
CHATIGNY, District Judge.
Plaintiff, a Connecticut inmate, brings this action pro se and informa paureria under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The defendants have moved to dismiss the complaint on a variety of grounds. Accepting the allegations of the complaint as true, and construing them in a manner most favorable to the pro se plaintiff, the complaint fails to state a claim on which relief can be granted. Accordingly, the motion is granted.
In June 1994, plaintiff was injured in an altercation with a corrections officer, Derek Austin. A § 1983 action…
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