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DIGUISEPPE v. WARD

No. 78 Civ. 2844.

514 F.Supp. 503 (1981)

Anthony DIGUISEPPE, Plaintiff, v. Benjamin WARD, Jack Czarnetzky, Eugene S. Lefevre, Robert K. Woods, Robert Labrum, Phillis Curry, and William Donahue, individually and in their official capacities, Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

May 18, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark H. Spires, Queens Legal Services Corp., Long Island City, N. Y., for plaintiff; Wayne G. Hawley, Eric G. Poulos, Jamaica, N. Y., of counsel.

Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen., State of New York, Fred Lieberman, Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City, for defendants; Patricia C. Armstrong, Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City, on brief.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

WHITMAN KNAPP, District Judge.

On August 8, 1977, while the plaintiff was an inmate there, a riot occurred at the Eastern New York Correctional Facility.1 Two days later, in an effort to reinforce prison discipline and security, prison personnel searched the facility to uncover dangerous weapons or other contraband. While in plaintiff's cell, one of the persons conducting the search came across a personal...

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