Legal Opinion
Clarkson v. Coughlin
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 16, 1995No. 91 Civ. 1792 (RWS)PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SWEET, District Judge.
In this class action brought by deaf and hearing-impaired inmates in the custody of New York’s Department of Corrections, plaintiffs move for declaratory judgment as to the existence of the statutory and constitutional rights they assert, for summary judgment on all their claims pursuant to Rule 56, Fed.R.Civ.P., and for preliminary and permanent injunctive relief. The claims asserted by the plaintiffs are:(i) discrimination based on disability in violation of § 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. 794 (“§ 504”);(ii) discrimination based on disability in…
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