Legal Opinion

Crawford v. Artuz

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided March 22, 2001No. 98 Civ. 0425(DC)PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

CHIN, District Judge.

Pro se plaintiffs Clifton Crawford and Ernest McEachern are, respectively, a present and a former inmate of Green Haven Correctional Facility (“Green Haven”). They bring this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against certain current or former officials of Green Haven, seeking compensatory and punitive damages for alleged violations of their rights under the First, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments. Specifically, plaintiffs allege that defendants (1) subjected them to cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment by exposing them to friable…

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3Cited by1 opinion

Pack v. ArtuzDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2004