Legal Opinion
Masia A. Mukmuk, Also Known as Sylvester Cholmondeley v. Commissioner of the Department of Correctional Services
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 1, 1976No. 210, Docket 74-1504PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GURFEIN, Circuit Judge:
The plaintiff, Masia Mukmuk, is a Black Muslim leader who spent 15 years in New York state prisons. 1 From his own allegations in his civil rights complaint, he was an activist in prison. One cannot help but read between the lines that he has been a thorn in the side of prison officials during most of his prison life. Such activism tends to elicit a reactive use of power. To persons in authority in the prison scene that power is readily available. The serious question raised is whether the boundaries of permissible sanctions by the corrections officers were crossed and…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Robinson v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
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3Cited by36 opinions
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- Frazier v. WardDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1977
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