Legal Opinion
Houston v. Cotter
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided March 27, 2014No. 07-CV-3256 (JFB)(GRB)PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
JOSEPH F. BIANCO, District Judge:
Plaintiff Robert Houston (“Houston” or “plaintiff’) brings this action against defendants Thomas Cotter (“Cotter”), John Weiss (“Weiss”), and the County of Suffolk (“the County”) (collectively, “defendants”) pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983.1 Houston’s Fourteenth Amendment claim against the County, at issue here, asserts that while incarcerated at the Suffolk County Correctional Facility (“SCCF”) and following an assault by Cotter and Weiss, corrections officials unconstitutionally placed and maintained Houston on suicide watch for two weeks —…
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Samuels v. FischerDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2016
- Houston v. CotterDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2017
- Hudson v. County of DutchessDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2014
- Falls v. CampbellDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2019
- George v. County of WestchesterDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2021
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