Foster v. Donahue

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ANTHONY FOSTER, Plaintiff, DECISION AND ORDER v. 13-CV-1177S LT. DONAHUE, C.O. J. MURRAY, C.O. E. THATCHER, C.O. G. CLEVELAND, and D. VENETOZZI, Defendants. I. INTRODUCTION In this action, Plaintiff Anthony Foster alleges that various defendants, all of whom are employees of the New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (“DOCCS”), violated his constitutional rights by using excessive force against him, failing to protect him again the use of excessive force, denying him his right to due process at a disciplinary…