Legal Opinion
Morris v. Eversley
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 9, 2004No. 00 Civ. 8166(DC)PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHIN, District Judge.
In this case, plaintiff Beatrice Morris was sexually assaulted by defendant Gilbert Eversley in April 1999, when she was an inmate and he was a corrections officer at the Bayview Correctional Facility (“Bayview”), a women’s prison. One night, while Morris was sleeping, Eversley entered her cell and attempted to rape her.
A few weeks before she was released from prison, Morris brought this action for damages pro se under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law against Eversley and other corrections officials. She eventually obtained counsel, and all claims but the § 1983…
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