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S.D.N.Y.Substantive rulingFiled Mar. 7, 2022

Santos v. Cuomo

Judge
Vincent Briccetti
Docket
7:19-cv-05398
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
1
Summary JudgmentCivil Procedure
In one sentence

In Santos v. Feldman, Judge Briccetti granted summary judgment, denied appeal-based fee-waiver status, and closed the case.

Who this affects

Byron Santos and Correction Officer R. Feldman were affected by the grant of summary judgment. Santos was also denied permission to appeal without paying filing fees, and the case was closed.

What happened

In Byron Santos v. Correction Officer R. Feldman, the court granted the motion for summary judgment. The judgment text does not explain the underlying dispute or the reasons for the decision.

The court also said any appeal would not be taken in good faith and denied Santos permission to appeal without paying filing fees. The case was closed.

Judge Vincent Briccetti is identified in the case information supplied with the opinion. The judgment is dated March 7, 2022.

The detailed version

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

Case
Santos v. Cuomo · No. 7:19-cv-05398
Judge
Vincent Briccetti
Date
Mar. 7, 2022

Ruling

The judgment states that, for the reasons given in the court’s Opinion and Order dated March 7, 2022, the motion for summary judgment was granted. The provided judgment does not include the underlying facts, claims, or reasoning.

Appeal-related ruling

The court certified under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3) that an appeal would not be taken in good faith. It therefore denied permission to proceed without paying the required fees for purposes of an appeal. The case was then closed.

The authoritative version

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