Legal Opinion
Griffin v. Coughlin
District Court, N.D. New York
Decided August 24, 1990No. 83-CV-676PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM-DECISION AND ORDER
MUNSON, District Judge.
Plaintiffs in this case are individuals who have been (since December of 1987, when a class was certified), are, or will be housed in the Protective Custody (“PC”) unit of Clinton Correctional Facility (“Clinton”). This case was filed in 1983 and is brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 28 U.S.C. § 1331. The plaintiffs seek injunctive relief to remedy allegedly unconstitutional conditions at the . Clinton PC.
The plaintiffs’ second amended complaint states five causes of action. First, they allege that the conditions of confinement…
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