Thompson v. Carter

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · Decided 2002-03-19

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POOLER, Circuit Judge. Louis Thompson, a former inmate at the Clinton Correctional Facility (“Clinton”), appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York (Thomas J. McAvoy, Judge) that dismissed his three consolidated civil rights complaints pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(e) because Thompson did not allege that he had suffered a physical injury. Section 1997e(e) provides…

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