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FRANCIS v. COUGHLIN

No. 84 Civ. 1990 (RO).

755 F.Supp. 618 (1991)

Albert FRANCIS, Jr., Plaintiff, v. Thomas A. COUGHLIN, III, Commissioner, Department of Correctional Services; Charles J. Scully, Superintendent, Green Haven Correctional Facility; Ronald Miles, Captain; Lt. Charles Greiner; Sgt. B.J. Farrell; Ronald Leight; Richard W. Prouty, Frank Arizmendi, Correctional Officers; Harold J. Smith, Superintendent, Attica Correctional Facility; and Charles Hernandez, all of New York State Department of Correctional Services, Jointly, Severally & Individually, Respectively, Defendants.

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

January 29, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hughes Hubbard & Reed, New York City (William R. Maguire, Andrew C. Callari, Zvi Joseph, of counsel), for plaintiff.

Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen. of State of N.Y., New York City (Charles F. Sanders, Andrea M.A. Osborne, Asst. Attys. Gen., of counsel), for defendants Greiner and Miles.

OPINION & ORDER

OWEN, District Judge:

These post-trial motions follow a jury verdict in plaintiff Albert Francis' favor on his § 1983 civil rights claims against defendants Ronald Miles and Charles Greiner. Defendants were officials at Green Haven Correctional Facility when plaintiff, an inmate at the time, was charged with assaulting Correction Officer Arizmendi during an inmate disturbance that took place on July 23, 1982. Defendants conducted...

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