Legal Opinion
Cancel v. Mazzuca
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 27, 2002No. 01 CIV. 3129(NRB)PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
BUCHWALD, District Judge.
Plaintiff Frankie Cancel, a state prisoner in the custody of the New York State Department of Correctional Services (“DOCS”), brings this civil rights action against thirty one DOCS employees for violations of his First and Fourteenth Amendment rights, as well as for violations of New York State law. 1 Before the Court are a motion by Mr. Cancel for partial summary judgment as well as motions by all defendants for dismissal of the action. For the reasons that follow, the motions are granted in part and denied in part.
BACKGROUND
The core of Mr.…
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