Colon v. Coughlin

CALABRESI, Circuit Judge:

Armando Colon, an inmate in the custody of the New York Department of Correctional Services, claims that the defendant prison officials, angered by two prior lawsuits brought by him, retaliated by concocting a scheme to plant contraband in his cell and to subject him to disproportionate disciplinary action. The district court (Neil P. McCurn, J., of the Northern District of New York) cast a skeptical eye on Colon’s claims and granted the defendants’ motion for summary judgment. We too have doubts about the ultimate merits of Colon’s claims, and we readily acknowledge…