Opinion of the Court — Alvarez v. Coughlin

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Type: Opinion of the Court
Filed: June 18, 2002
Case: Alvarez v. Coughlin
Case status: Decided

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SUMMARY ORDER ON CONSIDERATION WHEREOF, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the cause is DISMISSED without prejudice. Ramon Alvarez, pro se, in forma pauperis, appeals from the judgment entered by the District Court following Alvarez’s jury trial on claims arising under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the New York State Department of Corrections and several corrections officers. Alvarez, incarcerated at the Riverview Correctional Facility in Albany, New York, *559 filed a pro se complaint with the District Court on August 5, 1994 alleging that on July 18, 1993, he was assaulted multiple times by corrections officers, sustained serious injuries from the assaults, and received inadequate medical attention for the injuries. A two-day jury trial was held on November 13 and 14, 2001, in which counsel appointed by the District Court represented Alvarez. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the Defendants on all counts. Alvarez complains on appeal of errors at trial. The claims of error at trial that we may construe Alvarez to raise are whether the trial judge erred in: (1) appointing ineffective counsel; (2) not recusing himself for alleged bias; (3) not permitting Alvarez to pr…

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