Legal Opinion
Williams v. Ward
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 2, 1975No. 75 Civ. 3839 (MP)PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
POLLACK, District Judge.
Defendant moves, pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) Fed.R.Civ.P. to dismiss this state court prisoner’s civil rights action.
Plaintiff, an inmate serving a life sentence in the Eastern Correctional Facility in Naponach, New York as a result of a conviction of second degree murder, brings this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for the alleged deprivation of his First Amendment, due process and equal protection rights.
For his first claim, he contends that as an indigent prisoner he should be entitled to mail and has been refused the mailing of his letters without providing…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Haines v. KernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Procunier v. MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Norcott Corby v. J. P. Conboy, SuperintendentCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
- Oswald v. SostreSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- UNITED STATES Ex Rel. Thompson v. FayDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1961
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Robert L. Twyman v. Richard A. Crisp, Phillip Kirk, Melvin D. Typer, James E. Sorrells, and Charles E. StamperCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1978
- Dugar v. CoughlinDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1985
- Davis v. BalsonDistrict Court, N.D. Ohio · 1978
- Cooper v. MorinNew York Supreme Court · 1977
- Thomas v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1979
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