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WILLIAMS v. DIR. OF HEALTH SERVICES, ETC.

No. 81 Civ. 4338(MEL).

542 F.Supp. 883 (1982)

James L. WILLIAMS, Plaintiff, v. DIRECTOR OF HEALTH SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, Stephen Dalsheim, E. S. LeFevre, and C. Scully, Defendants.

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

July 7, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. Williams, Stormville, pro se.

Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen. of the State of N. Y., New York City, for defendants; Joyce Andren, Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City, of counsel.

LASKER, District Judge.

James L. Williams is a prisoner currently incarcerated at Green Haven Correctional Facility ("Green Haven"). He alleges that he is suffering from a condition diagnosed as colitis, and that this condition, if improperly treated, can cause serious injury and even death. He claims that the medical treatment which he received while in New York correctional facilities was so inadequate as to violate the Eighth Amendment. Defendants, the superintendents...

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