Legal Opinion
Dennis Buthy v. The Commissioner of the Office of Mental Health of New York State, the Director of the Gowanda Psychiatric Center
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 18, 1987No. 729, Docket 84-7748PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WINTER, Circuit Judge:
Dennis Buthy appeals from Chief Judge Curtin’s dismissal of his constitutional challenge to various conditions of his confinement in the forensic unit of the Gowanda Psychiatric Center (“Gowanda”) in Helmuth, New York. Chief Judge Curtin dismissed Buthy’s due process challenge for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted and subsequently granted summary judgment dismissing Buthy’s equal protection challenge. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
On April 25, 1972, a New York state court found Buthy not guilty by reason of insanity of a charge of first-degree assault…
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