Legal Opinion
Jolly v. Coughlin
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 14, 1995No. 92 Civ. 9026 (JGK)PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
KOELTL, District Judge:
This case presents a conflict between the enforcement of a mandatory tuberculosis (or “TB”) screening program instituted by the New York State Department of Correctional Services (“DOCS”) and the demonstrated religious convictions of a prison inmate who has refused to submit to the screening test. The plaintiff, who is twenty-eight years old and who has been confined in medical keeplock since he refused to take the test on December 10, 1991, has sued the defendants claiming, among other things, that their treatment of him violates both his right to the…
2Cases cited51 opinions
- Farmer v. BrennanSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Sandin v. ConnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Hudson v. McMillianSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Rhodes v. ChapmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Paul Jolly v. Thomas Coughlin, Robert Greifinger, John P. Keane, C. Greiner, S. KapoorCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1996
- Bobby Williams v. Robert B. Greifinger, Deputy Commissioner and Chief Medical Officer of the New York State Department of Correctional ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1996
- Lee v. CoughlinDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1998
- Pratt v. City of New YorkDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2013
- Reynolds v. GoordDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2000
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