Legal Opinion
Davidson v. Coughlin
District Court, N.D. New York
Decided March 19, 1996No. 9:88-cv-00646PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM-DECISION AND ORDER
McAVOY, Chief Judge.
I. BACKGROUND
Plaintiff Ronald Davidson, a pro se state prison inmate, commenced this action by filing a complaint on January 6,1992. Plaintiff raises three causes of action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against defendant Thomas A. Coughlin III, former Commissioner of the New York State Department of Corrections, and defendants Daniel Senkowski, Robert McClellan, Wendell Babbie, and John Andrus, officials at Auburn Correctional Facility (“Auburn”). Plaintiff alleges that defendants (1) failed to provide him with a smoke-free environment at Auburn…
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