Legal Opinion
Doyle v. Coombe
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided August 26, 1997No. 6:92-cv-06492PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER LARIMER, Chief Judge.
In this action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 plaintiff Earl Doyle (“Doyle”) alleges that defendants violated his Eighth Amendment right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment by exposing him to dangerous levels of asbestos and by failing to provide necessary medical care. Doyle was a prisoner at the Elmira Correctional Facility (“Elmira”) during the relevant time period. The defendants, Philip Coombe, Thomas A. Coughlin, III, Larry Pocobello, George Bart-left, John Maloy, Mark Lyman, Robert McConnell, Willis Shutt, Jerome Fitzpatrick, and…
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