Legal Opinion
Walker v. Vaughan
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 15, 2002No. 98Civ.2662(RMB)(JCF)PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
BERMAN, District Judge.
I. Background
Pro se Plaintiff Brian Walker (“Plaintiff’ or “Walker”) commenced this action on or about January 21, 1998, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff alleges, inter alia, that Defendants violated his Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights while he was incarcerated at the George R. Vier-no Center (“G.R.V.C.”) on Riker’s Island, New York by: 1) faffing to protect him from an attack by other prisoners in a February 11, 1996 shooting incident; 2) employing excessive force against him on October 14, 1997; and 3) transferring him involuntarily,…
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