Allaway v. McGinnis

DECISION AND ORDER

LARIMER, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff, Robert Allaway, an inmate in the custody of the New York State Department of Correctional Services (“DOCS”), proceeding pro se, filed this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that defendants violated his First, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights during and after an altercation at Southport Correctional Facility on May 28, 1999. Plaintiff has sued eighteen defendants who, at all relevant times here, were correctional officers, supervisors, or medical personnel at Southport. 1

Before the Court is defendants’ motion…