Legal Opinion

McNair v. McMickens

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided March 20, 1987No. 85 Civ. 9396 (RLC)PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

JAMES C. FRANCIS IV, United States Magistrate.

This is an action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in which plaintiff Derrick McNair, an inmate of the Rikers Island Correctional Facility, charges various officials and employees of the New York City Department of Corrections with violating his civil rights. Specifically, Mr. McNair alleges that corrections officers subjected him to religious persecution by desecrating religious articles and preventing him from attending the services of his faith. The plaintiff further asserts that a group of corrections officers severely…

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