Legal Opinion
Mujahid Farid v. Harold J. Smith, Superintendent of the Attica Correctional Facility, Individually and in His Official Capacity
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 22, 1988No. 328, Docket 86-2007PublishedCited by 247 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PIERCE, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York, John T. Curtin, Ch. J., granting summary judgment in favor of the defendant-appellee, Harold J. Smith, the former superintendent of the Attica Correctional Facility (“Attica”). In April, 1984, appellant Mujahid Farid, an inmate then serving a sentence at Attica, commenced an action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that Smith had violated his constitutional rights by promulgating, promoting, and sanctioning various procedures carried out by officials working in…
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