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Ward v. LeClaire

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Jun 28, 2011
428 F. App'x 56 (2d Cir. 2011)

Opinion

No. 10-1519-pr.

June 28, 2011.

Appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York (Suddaby, J.).

UPON DUE CONSIDERATION, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that the appeal is DISMISSED.

Kenneth Ward, pro se, Rochester, NY, for Appellant.

Kate H. Nepveu, Assistant Solicitor General (Barbara D. Underwood, Solicitor General, Andrea Oser, Deputy Solicitor General, on the brief,), for Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General of the State of New York, Albany, NY, for Appellee.

Present: RICHARD C. WESLEY, DEBRA ANN LIVINGSTON, GERARD E. LYNCH, Circuit Judges.

Plaintiff-appellant Kenneth Ward, pro se, appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York (Suddaby, J.), which denied defendants' motion for summary judgment with regard to Ward's Eighth Amendment conditions-of-confinement claim against defendant Dutil, but granted defendants' motion for summary judgment with regard to all of Ward's other claims. We assume the parties' familiarity with the underlying facts, the procedural history, and the issues presented for review.

Upon review, we have determined that we lack appellate jurisdiction over Ward's appeal. An order granting partial summary judgment like the one Ward challenges in this appeal is not a final order for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 1291. See Petrello v. White, 533 F.3d 110, 113-14 (2d Cir. 2008); Geneva Pharm. Tech. Corp. v. Barr Labs. Inc., 386 F.3d 485, 494-95 (2d Cir. 2004). Nor did the district court expressly enter a partial final judgment for any of the dismissed claims or parties pursuant to Rule 54(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. See Petrello, 533 F.3d at 113. Moreover, no other basis for appellate jurisdiction has been demonstrated. See 28 U.S.C. § 1292(a), (b); see also Whiting v. Lacara, 187 F.3d 317, 319-20 (2d Cir. 1999).

For the foregoing reasons, the appeal is hereby DISMISSED for lack of appellate jurisdiction.


Summaries of

Ward v. LeClaire

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Jun 28, 2011
428 F. App'x 56 (2d Cir. 2011)
Case details for

Ward v. LeClaire

Case Details

Full title:Kenneth WARD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Lucien LeCLAIRE, Jr., Acting…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit

Date published: Jun 28, 2011

Citations

428 F. App'x 56 (2d Cir. 2011)