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KNOWLES v. NEW YORK CITY DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

No. 93 Civ. 8920 (JGK).

904 F.Supp. 217 (1995)

Ted KNOWLES, Plaintiff, v. NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et al., Defendant.

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

November 17, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ted Knowles, Attica, NY, pro se.

Paul A. Crotty, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, New York City (Elizabeth A. Wright, of counsel), for defendant New York City Department of Corrections, et al.

OPINION AND ORDER

KOELTL, District Judge:

The pro se prisoner plaintiff, Ted Knowles, has brought this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the defendant, New York City Department of Corrections ("DOC"), claiming that his Eighth Amendment right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment has been violated. The plaintiff alleges that he was slashed across the face by a fellow prisoner, that he required sixty stitches as a result, that the prison...

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