Legal Opinion
Young v. Choinski
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided March 13, 2014No. 3:10-CV-606 (CSH)PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
HAIGHT, Senior District Judge:
Plaintiff Cedric Young, currently confined at the Northern Correctional Institution (“NCI”) in Somers, Connecticut, commenced this civil rights action pro se pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He alleges that the defendants, prison officials and personnel, were deliberately indifferent to his medical and mental health needs on September 3, 2008, constituting cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment. Defendants have moved for summary judgment. For the reasons that follow, the motion will be…
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