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RICHARDSON v. COUGHLIN

No. 87 Civ. 5263 (MGC).

763 F.Supp. 1228 (1991)

Kevin RICHARDSON, Plaintiff, v. Thomas A. COUGHLIN, III, Commissioner, State Department of Correctional Services, Donald Selsky, Coordinator, Inmate Discipline, Wayne Wilhelm, Lieutenant Block, Attica Correctional Facility, Defendants.

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

April 22, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Prisoners' Legal Services of New York by Ken Stephens, Deborah Schneer, David C. Leven, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., for plaintiff.

Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen. by Judy Nathan, New York City, for defendants.

OPINION AND ORDER

CEDARBAUM, District Judge.

Plaintiff, an inmate in the New York State prison system, sues defendants under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming that they violated his due process and First Amendment rights by seizing papers, including a petition, from his cell and punishing him under prison disciplinary rules for circulating the petition. Plaintiff has moved for partial summary judgment, and defendants have cross-moved for summary judgment....

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