Legal Opinion
Edmonson v. Coughlin
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided September 30, 1998No. 6:94-cv-06144PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
LARIMER, Chief Judge.
INTRODUCTION
This action is brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff alleges that the defendants violated his constitutional rights, while he was confined at Attica Correctional Facility (“Attica”). Defendants include Thomas A. Coughlin, then Commissioner of New York State Department of Correctional Services (“DOCS”), Attica Superintendent Walter R. Kelly, and other supervisory staff, correction officers and civilian staff at Attica.
Pending before the Court is defendants’ motion for summary judgment. For the following reasons, defendants’ motion is…
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