Lodato v. Ortiz

OPINION

HOCHBERG, District Judge.

Introduction:

This Matter calls upon the Court to determine whether to grant the Motion for Summary Judgment brought by the Defendants, former Northern State Prison (“NSP”) Administrator Alfaro Ortiz, former NSP Assistant Superintendent Russell Henry, and John Does defendants 1, 2, and 3 (“State Defendants”). The Plaintiff, Thomas Lodato (“Lodato”), an inmate in the custody of the New Jersey Department of Corrections (“DOC”), currently housed at Northern State Prison in Newark, New Jersey, alleges that the State Defendants violated his first amendment rights…