Legal Opinion
Williams v. Goord
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 28, 2000No. 99Civ.1680(SAS)PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.
Pro se plaintiff Rahsaan Williams brings this action, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, against officials and employees of the New York State Department of Correction Services (“DOCS”) at Sullivan Correctional Facility (“Sullivan”). 1 Plaintiff alleges that while he was incarcerated at Sullivan, defendants violated his constitutional rights under the Fourteenth, First and Eighth Amendments. Specifically, plaintiff claims that he was (i) unlawfully confined in Sullivan’s Special Housing Unit (“SHU”) without due process of law; (ii) subjected to…
2Cases cited42 opinions
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- Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. DoyleSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by21 opinions
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