Colon v. Coughlin

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · Decided 1995-06-28

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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 skeptica…

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