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BENJAMIN v. COUGHLIN

No. 79 Civ. 0232 (LLS).

643 F.Supp. 351 (1986)

Thomas BENJAMIN, Errol Dunkley, Frank Forrest, Barrington Gray, Newton Hannon and Martin Spence, on their own behalf and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Thomas A. COUGHLIN, Commissioner, New York State Department of Correctional Services; Stephen Dalsheim, Superintendent, Ossinging Correctional Facility; Eugene S. LeFevre, Superintendent, Clinton Correctional Facility; Harold Smith, Superintendent, Attica Correctional Facility, Defendants.

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

August 29, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Prisoners' Legal Services of New York, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., for plaintiffs; Janet Packard, Michael Raskin, Robert Selcov, Stephen M. Latimer, David C. Leven, of counsel.

Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen., State of N.Y., New York City, for defendants; Tarquin Jay Bromley, Barbara B. Butler, Asst. Attys. Gen., of counsel.

OPINION and ORDER

STANTON, District Judge.

This action was brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by plaintiff class as members of the Rastafari faith against defendants Thomas A. Coughlin III, Commissioner of the New York State Department of Correctional Services ("DOCS") and the Superintendents of the facilities in which plaintiffs are now incarcerated. Plaintiffs seek a declaration that Rastafarianism is a religion, along with injunctive relief affording...

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