Legal Opinion

Lance Cofield v. Degraff Medical Park

District Court, W.D. New York

Decided September 18, 2026No. 1:25-cv-01020Unknown

1Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK LANCE COFIELD, Plaintiff, 25-CV-1020 (MAV) -VS- ORDER DEGRAFF MEDICAL PARK, Defendant. Plaintiff Lance Cofield filed the present action in October 2025 alleging federal and state law claims against Defendant Degraff Medical Park (“Degraff’). ECF No. 1. Plaintiff did not pay the filing fee but applied for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (““IFP”). ECF No. 2. Subsequently, he filed a motion for default judgment (ECF No. 3), and a motion for service by the United States Marshals (ECF No. 4). As an initial matter, the Court denies…

2Cases cited11 opinions

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  3. Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Insurance Co. of AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  4. Ben Gary Triestman v. Federal Bureau of Prisons, United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2006
  5. Abbas v. DixonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2007

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