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S.D.N.Y.Substantive rulingFiled Aug. 3, 2020

Wisdom v. Griffin

Judge
Vincent Briccetti
Docket
7:17-cv-04837
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
1
Summary JudgmentCivil Procedure
In one sentence

In Sydney Wisdom v. Michelle Loiodice, Judge Briccetti granted summary judgment for the defendant and closed the case.

Who this affects

The defendant prevailed on her summary-judgment motion, the case was closed, and the plaintiff was denied permission to appeal without paying filing fees.

What happened

In Sydney Wisdom v. Michelle Loiodice, the judgment states that the court had issued an earlier opinion and order on July 31, 2020, but the supplied text does not explain the underlying dispute or claims.

The court granted the defendant’s motion for summary judgment. It also stated that any appeal would not be taken in good faith, denied permission to appeal without paying filing fees, and closed the case.

Judge Vincent Briccetti is identified as the judge. The judgment was dated August 3, 2020, and was entered by the court clerk.

The detailed version

For law students, journalists, and other readers who want the full reasoning

Case
Wisdom v. Griffin · No. 7:17-cv-04837
Judge
Vincent Briccetti
Date
Aug. 3, 2020

Background

The supplied text is a judgment in a case captioned Sydney Wisdom as plaintiff against Michelle Loiodice, identified as an Inmate Records Coordinator, as defendant. The judgment does not describe the claims, facts, or arguments. It refers to the court’s separate Opinion and Order dated July 31, 2020, which is not included here.

Ruling

The judgment states that, for the reasons given in the earlier Opinion and Order, the defendant’s motion for summary judgment was granted. Summary judgment is a decision resolving a case without a trial when the court determines that the governing standard is met based on the record.

The court certified under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3) that any appeal from the order would not be taken in good faith. It therefore denied permission to appeal without paying the filing fees, and the case was closed.

What the Text Does Not Establish

Because the earlier Opinion and Order is not provided, the supplied judgment does not establish which legal claims were involved, why summary judgment was granted, or what facts the court found relevant.

The authoritative version

Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.

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