Legal Opinion
Benjamin Cruz v. Giovanny Gomez, I/o and Classification Committee
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 26, 2000No. 904, Docket 99-0129PublishedCited by 338 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JACOBS, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-appellant Benjamin Cruz, pro se and incarcerated, appeals a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Dorsey, J.) dismissing Cruz’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim against certain prison officials. The district court sua sponte dismissed Cruz’s complaint for failure to state a claim on which relief could be granted pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii). The complaint alleges that defendants-appellees Giovanny Gomez and the members of the Facility Classification Review Committee violated Cruz’s rights under the Double Jeopardy…
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