Paul Betances, et al. v. Brian Fischer, in his capacity as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Correctional Services (DOCS), and in his individual capacity, et al.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ---------------------------------------------------------------X PAUL BETANCES, et al., : : 11-CV-3200 (RWL) Plaintiffs, : : ORDER : - against - : : BRIAN FISCHER, in his capacity as : Commissioner of the New York State : Department of Correctional Services (DOCS), : and in his individual capacity, et al., : : Defendants. : ---------------------------------------------------------------X ROBERT W. LEHRBURGER, United States Magistrate Judge. This order addresses Defendants’ eleventh-hour proximate-cause argument premised on intervening…