Newkirk v. Butler

ROBERT J. WARD, District Judge.

This is an action brought under 28 U. S.C. § 1343(3) and (4) and 42 TJ.S.C. § 1983, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against alleged- unconstitutional punishment. The four original plaintiffs were inmates of Wallkill Correctional Facility (“Wallkill”), a medium security prison, serving sentences of imprisonment imposed by New York State courts. The were transferred from that institution to two maximum security institutions (plaintiffs Newkirk and Lucas to Clinton Correctional Facility, plaintiffs Oliver and Rodriguez to Auburn Correctional Facility) on…