Legal Opinion
Smoake v. Fritz
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 21, 1970No. 70-Civ. 5103, 70-Civ. 5104PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CROAKE, District Judge.
MEMORANDUM
This is a civil rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and its jurisdictional complement 28 U.S.C. § 1343 by which plaintiffs Earl Smoake and David Walker have moved for preliminary injunctions restraining defendants from holding them in solitary facilities separate and apart from the general inmate population of Green Haven Correctional Facility. The facts of the case are as follows.
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On the morning of November 2, 1970, a general slowdown began in the plate and tailor shops at Auburn Prison in Cayuga County, New York. Shortly after noon, a group of…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Lawrence William Wright v. Daniel McMann as Warden of Clinton State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by16 opinions
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