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2nd Circuit Reverses Sua Sponte § 1915 Dismissal; Parolee Owed Duty of Habitable Residence
Loaded on April 15, 2006
published in Prison Legal News
April, 2006, page 41
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district courts sua sponte dismissal, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(b)(ii), of a New York parolees action, for failure to state a claim.Alonzo Jacobs, a parolee under the supervision of the New York State Division of Parole, brought suit in federal ...
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