Legal Opinion

Eng v. Coughlin

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided April 18, 1988No. 83 CIV. 5628 (PKL)PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION AND ORDER

LEISURE, District Judge:

Plaintiff George Eng (“Eng”) seeks monetary damages pursuant to the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, for an alleged deprivation of his rights under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. Plaintiff claims that, while an inmate in the Special Housing Unit (“SHU”) of the Green Haven Correctional Facility (“Green Haven”), he was assaulted on four separate occasions 1 by defendants Michael E. Dean, John J. Tier-ney, J.E. Doane, Cooper “John Doe,” and Sergeant James P. Meehan. He also alleges that he was subsequently…

2Cases cited42 opinions

  1. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  4. Haines v. KernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  5. Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Vialez v. New York City Housing AuthorityDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1991
  2. Santiago v. MilesDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 1991
  3. Abdush-Shahid v. CoughlinDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1996
  4. Kaminsky Ex Rel. Estate of Kaminsky v. RosenblumDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1990
  5. FELIX-TORRES v. GrahamDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 2009

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