Legal Opinion
Maguire v. Coughlin
District Court, N.D. New York
Decided October 18, 1995No. 6:92-cv-00064PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM, DECISION, AND ORDER
McAVOY, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff Keith Maguire brought suit against the above-captioned defendants pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for alleged violations of his Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights during the investigation of an escape attempt by other inmates. He seeks compensatory and punitive damages. Defendants filed a motion for summary judgment on the following grounds: 1) plaintiff had no state-created right to be free from limited periods of cell confinement during an investigation of a prison escape; 2) plaintiffs allegations are too conclusory and sparse…
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