Cruz v. Ward

OPINION

GOETTEL, District Judge.

On October 28, 1976, plaintiffs Cruz, Gulley and Perrelli, inmates in the New York State prison system, commenced an action under the provisions of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to enjoin defendant officials of the New York State Department of Corrections and Mat-teawan State Hospital from transferring them from Matteawan to the general prison system without a hearing prior to transfer-ral. Plaintiffs allege, inter alia, that these transfers were punishments imposed on them because of their having caused trouble in the hospital. On November 11, 1975, an order to show cause…