Second Circuit -- Amador v. Superintendents of Dep’t of Corr. Servs.

Amador v. Superintendents of Dep’t of Corr. Servs.

Where jurisdiction over claims is only granted contingently, a higher standard applies to pendant and ancillary claims tied to the case - the court here declines to review interlocutory rulings which limited recoveries of certain members of the putative class.

Error in dismissal of claims of released prisoners as moot, since they were capable of repetition yet evading review.


Prisoner's lack of exhaustion of internal remedies not excused by estoppel, as there was insufficient dissuasion from prison administration to the filing of the full complaint.

Prisoner claim that there was insufficient protection was sufficient to constitute a complaint about systems and procedures.