Baines v. McGinnis

DECISION AND ORDER

DAVID G. LARIMER, District Judge.

Plaintiff, Willie Baines, appearing pro se, commenced this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff, an inmate in the custody of the New York State Department of Correctional Services (“DOCS”), has sued a number of defendants, all of whom at all relevant times were officials or employees of DOCS. Plaintiff alleges that his constitutional rights were violated in several respects in December 2003, in connection with an alleged assault upon him by several correction officers at Southport Correctional Facility, where plaintiff was then confined.

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