Legal Opinion
Deutsch v. Federal Bureau of Prisons
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided May 2, 1990No. 89 CIV. 3544 (RJW)PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION
ROBERT J. WARD, District Judge.
Plaintiff, appearing pro se, filed an action claiming that his constitutional right under the Eighth Amendment to be free from cruel and unusual punishment was violated because he was required to share a prison cell with an inmate diagnosed as having the antibodies to the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (“HIV”), a virus which is often a precursor to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (“AIDS”). Plaintiff has also asserted various common law tort claims against defendants. Defendants move to dismiss the action, arguing that: (1) the claims against…
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