Legal Opinion
LaBounty v. Coughlin
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 13, 1998No. Docket No. 97-2015PublishedCited by 134 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PARKER, Circuit Judge:
I. BACKGROUND
Pro se plaintiff-appellant Mark LaBounty (“LaBounty”) filed this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action in May 1993 alleging that he was subjected to unconstitutional conditions of confinement at Woodbourne Correctional Facility (‘Woodbourne”) which constituted cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment. Specifically, LaBounty alleges that chemicals placed in the drinking water and the presence of friable asbestos particles in the air at Woodbourne caused him to suffer myriad illnesses. He seeks compensatory and punitive damages and declaratory and injunctive…
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