Santiago v. Miles

DECISION AND ORDER

LARIMER, District Judge.

This is a class action brought by black and hispanic inmates at the Elmira Correctional Facility (“Elmira”) in Elmira, New York claiming widespread discrimination at the facility on the basis of race in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution and 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1983.

In general, plaintiffs claim that officials in charge of Elmira have, for the most part, ignored blatant racism that pervades Elmira and that such conduct violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Plaintiffs claim, specifically, that blacks…