SUMMARY ORDER

UPON DUE CONSIDERATION, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that the judgment of the district court be AFFIRMED.

James Rossano, pro se and incarcerated, appeals from the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Defendants-Appellants James F. Recore, et al. (McAvoy, J.). We affirm for substantially the reasons stated in Judge McAvoy’s thorough Decision and Order. See James Rossano v. James F. Recore, 97-CV-1231 (N.D.N.Y. Aug. 3, 2000).