Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit August 18, 2004, 02-0145 (Lawrence Johnson v. Ronald Testman, Lonnie James)

CALABRESI, Circuit Judge.

Lawrence Johnson (“Johnson” or “plaintiff’), formerly an inmate at the Metropolitan Detention Center (“MDC”) in Brooklyn, New York, filed suit against the defendants, corrections officers at MDC, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Johnson, proceeding

pro se,

sought damages under 42 U.S.C.