Legal Opinion
Smith v. Coughlin
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 16, 1984No. 1156, Docket 84-2015PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PIERCE, Circuit Judge:
In this appeal, prisoner Lemuel Smith challenges his confinement to a special Unit of Condemned Persons in a New York State correctional facility and the various concurrent restrictions imposed on him as a result of this confinement. We agree with the district court (1) that restrictions on visits by non-lawyers in the employ of his attorney violated appellant’s constitutional rights and (2) that appellant’s confinement and the limitations imposed upon him pursuant to state law are not otherwise unconstitutional. 577 F.Supp. 1055. We therefore affirm the order of the…
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