Legal Opinion
Lowrance v. Coughlin
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 8, 1994No. 88 Civ. 3343 (LBS)PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SAND, District Judge.
This is an action brought by plaintiff, a Muslim prisoner who was incarcerated in New York State prisons from 1977 to 1994. Plaintiff is also known as Ya’Qub Shamsid-Deen, but is referred to in all New York State Department of Correctional Services (“DOCS”) records by the name under which he was incarcerated, Jory Lowrance. Claiming violations of the First, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments, plaintiff brings this suit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985 and 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and' 1343(a)(3).
In general, plaintiff claims that the named defendants, individually and…
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