Legal Opinion
Bezio v. Dorsey
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 2, 2013PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Graffeo, J.
Respondent Leroy Dorsey, an inmate in the custody of the State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS), is a serial hunger striker. In 2010 he undertook a *96month-long hunger strike, contending that he was not suicidal but had ceased eating in order to secure transfer to another DOCCS facility and bring attention to certain claims of mistreatment. The issue before us is whether Dorsey’s rights were violated by a judicial order permitting the State to feed him by nasogastric tube after his health devolved to the point that his condition became…
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