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FISHER v. KOEHLER

No. 83 Civ. 2128(MEL).

718 F.Supp. 1111 (1989)

Charles FISHER, Edward Holohan, John Harris, Ledgure Davis, Lionel Lawson, Victor Ellis, John Thompson, Milton Gadson, individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Richard KOEHLER, Commissioner of the Department of Correction of the City of New York; James T. Garvey, Supervising Warden of C-76; Bruce Sullivan, Warden of C-76; David C. White, Deputy Warden for Administration at C-76; Lloyd Freckleton, Deputy Warden for Security at C-76; James Kane, Deputy Warden for Programs at C-76; Steven Thomas, Assistant Commissioner for Health, Education and Social Services for the Department of Correction; Steven C. Joseph, Commissioner of the Department of Health; Allan Goldberg, Director of Prison Health Services for the Department of Health; Mel Kaye, Ph.D., Director of Mental Health Services for Prison Health Services; Dr. Murray Rosenthal, Director of Dentistry of the Department of Health; Edward Koch, Mayor of the City of New York, Defendants.

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

July 14, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Legal Aid Soc., Prisoners' Rights Project, New York City, for plaintiffs; Philip L. Weinstein, John Boston, Claudette R. Spencer, Dale A. Wilker, of counsel.

Peter L. Zimroth, Corp. Counsel of City of New York, New York City, for defendants; Diane J. Morgenroth, Asst. Corp. Counsel, of counsel.

LASKER, District Judge.

In a decision of July 13, 1988 after a lengthy trial, I found that the plaintiff class of inmates confined at the New York City Correctional Institution for Men ("CIFM") had established that violence at CIFM by both staff and inmates against inmates had "reached proportions that violate[d] the Eighth Amendment." Fisher v. Koehler, 692 F.Supp. 1519, 1521 (S.D.N.Y. 1988) (footnote omitted). Specifically...

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