Johnny Richardson v. Glenn S. Goord, C. Coyne, Dr. Mathew, Auburn Correctional Facility, Dick Hunter, Auburn Correctional Facility

Plaintiff Johnny Richardson (“Richardson”) appeals from the judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York (Kahn, /.) granting summary judgment in favor of defendants and dismissing this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. Richardson, an inmate at a New York State correctional facility, alleges that his Eighth Amendment rights were violated when he was denied the nighttime dosage of a prescription drug for relief of back pain.

The appellate record is insufficiently clear to ascertain whether Richardson exhausted his administrative remedies as required under the Prison…