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COPELAND v. WALKER

No. 97-CV-2082 (ERK).

258 F.Supp.2d 105 (2003)

Philip COPELAND, Petitioner, v. Hans G. WALKER, Superintendent, Auburn Correctional Facility, Respondent.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

April 15, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip Copeland, 89-A-5229, Great Meadow Prison, Comstock, NY, for petitioner.

John M. Castellano, District Attorney, Queens County, Kathleen P. O'Leary, Kew Gardens, NY, for respondent.

CORRECTED MEMORANDUM & ORDER

KORMAN, Chief Judge.

In the early morning hours of February 26, 1988, a young and newly appointed New York City Police Officer, Edward Byrne, sitting in his patrol car outside the home of a witness he was assigned to protect, was shot five times in the head from a distance of two feet. Officer Byrne died instantly. The killing was apparently meant to send a message to...

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