Legal Opinion
Ramsey v. Coughlin
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 27, 1996No. 1259, Docket 95-2665PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WINTER, Circuit Judge:
Michael Ramsey, pro se, in forma pauper-is, and incarcerated, appeals from Magistrate Judge Foschio’s sua sponte grant of summary judgment in favor of New York corrections officials Thomas Coughlin and R.J. McClellan, respectively Commissioner of the Department of Correctional Services and Superintendent of Southport Correctional Facility. We hold that the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1996 (“PLRA”), Title VIII of the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996, Pub.L. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321 (1996) (to be codified at 28 U.S.C. § 1915), does not…
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