Legal Opinion
Thompson v. Carter
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 19, 2002No. Docket No. 00-0253PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POOLER, Circuit Judge.
Louis Thompson, a former inmate at the Clinton Correctional Facility (“Clinton”), appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York (Thomas J. McAvoy, Judge) that dismissed his three consolidated civil rights complaints pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(e) because Thompson did not allege that he had suffered a physical injury. Section 1997e(e) provides: “No Federal civil action may be brought by a prisoner confined in a jail, prison, or other correctional facility, for mental or emotional injury suffered while in custody…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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