Legal Opinion

Muhammad v. Department of Corrections

District Court, D. New Jersey

Decided November 12, 2008No. Civil 05-4999 (JBS)PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

SIMANDLE, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff Kwasi Sekou Muhammad is an inmate who is presently confined at East Jersey State Prison in Woodbridge, New Jersey, and who was previously confined at the Albert C. Wagner Youth Correctional Facility (“ACWYCF”) and at South Woods State Prison (“South Woods”). Plaintiffs left leg was amputated below the knee prior to his incarceration, and he consequently uses a prosthesis to ambulate. Plaintiff filed two lawsuits against numerous defendants affiliated with the New Jersey Department of Corrections (the “DOC Defendants”) and Correctional…

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