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DIXON v. LEONARDO

No. 92-CV-640.

886 F.Supp. 987 (1995)

Lawrence DIXON, Plaintiff, v. Arthur A. LEONARDO, Superintendent, Great Meadow Correctional Facility; D. Carpenter, Deputy Superintendent of Programs, Great Meadow Correctional Facility; Ronald W. Atkin, Chairman, Program Committee, Great Meadow Correctional Facility; and Thomas A. Coughlin III, Commissioner, NYS Department of Correctional Services, Defendants.

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

May 8, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence Dixon, Woodbourne, NY, pro se.

Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen., State of N.Y. (Robert A. Siegfried, Asst. Atty., of counsel), Albany, NY, for defendants.

MEMORANDUM, DECISION & ORDER

McAVOY, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff Lawrence Dixon brought suit against the above captioned defendants under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that he was unlawfully placed in a Special Housing Unit ("SHU") for an indefinite period of time without a hearing because he refused to accept a prison job assignment. Furthermore, plaintiff contends that the defendants conspired to deprive him of his rights and that they violated state...

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