Wright v. Goord

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · Decided 2009-02-03

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KEARSE, Circuit Judge: In these consolidated appeals, plaintiff Melvin M. Wright, Jr., as administrator of the affairs of Melvin O. Wright (“Wright”), who was an inmate in the custody of the New York State Department of Correctional Services (“DOCS”) from 1982 until November 2007, a month before his death, pursues challenges to summary judgments entered in two actions in the Uni…

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