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LOWRANCE v. COUGHLIN

No. 88 Civ. 3343 (LBS).

862 F.Supp. 1090 (1994)

Jory LOWRANCE, Plaintiff, v. Thomas COUGHLIN, III, Commissioner of the New York State Department of Correctional Services; Charles Scully, Superintendent of Green Haven Correctional Facility ("C.F."); Eugene LeFevre, former Superintendent of Clinton C.F.; Harold J. Smith, former Superintendent of Attica C.F.; Robert J. Henderson, former Superintendent of Auburn C.F.; John Wilmot, former Superintendent of Elmira C.F.; Everett W. Jones, former Superintendent of Great Meadow C.F.; James E. Sullivan, former Superintendent of Sing Sing C.F.; Robert Hoke, former Superintendent of Eastern C.F.; Robert H. Kulman, Superintendent of Sullivan C.F.; Louis F. Mann, Superintendent of Shawangunk C.F.; John Doe I-X; Dr. Adrian Kanaar, Consulting Physiatrist, Green Haven C.F.; Dr. Ira N. Weiner, Facilities Health Services Director, Auburn C.F.; Dr. Benjamin Dyett, Medical Director, Sing Sing C.F.; Dr. M.J. Shah, Medical Director, Elmira C.F.; Mr. Newkirk, Physician Assistant, Elmira C.F.; Catherine Vacca, Nurse Administrator, Shawangunk C.F.; Ms. Kurta, Nurse, Shawangunk C.F., all in their official and individual capacities; and the New York State Department of Correctional Services, Defendants.

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

September 8, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City, for plaintiff, Eric R. Dinallo, David M. Siegal, of counsel.

Atty. Gen. of the State of N.Y., New York City, for defendants; Richard Mathieu, of counsel.

OPINION

SAND, District Judge.

This is an action brought by plaintiff, a Muslim prisoner who was incarcerated in New York State prisons from 1977 to 1994. Plaintiff is also known as Ya'Qub Shamsid-Deen, but is referred to in all New York State Department of Correctional Services ("DOCS") records by the name under which he was incarcerated, Jory Lowrance. Claiming violations of the First, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments, plaintiff brings this suit pursuant...

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