Legal Opinion
Golden v. Coombe
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 23, 1981No. 80 Civ. 4417 (RWS)PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SWEET, District Judge.
Plaintiff Silas Golden, an inmate at Otisville Correctional Facility (“Otisville”), brought this pro se action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming a constitutional violation in the opening of his outgoing mail. The complaint seeks damages, declaratory relief and expungement from his disciplinary record of any reference to the misbehavior proceedings arising out of this incident. Defendants are Otisville correction officers Lester DeJean, David Hicks, Lt. Richard Penny and Superintendent Philip Coombe. Liberally construed, Haines v. Kerner, 404 U.S. 519, 92…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Haines v. KernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Griffin v. BreckenridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Procunier v. MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- United States v. Hilton Jerry KeltonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986
- United States v. Bradley Carl BrownCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1989
- Gilliam v. QuinlanDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1985
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