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PURCELL v. COUGHLIN

No. 960, Docket 85-2251.

790 F.2d 263 (1986)

Hank PURCELL, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Com. Tom COUGHLIN, Warden Dominic Montello, Edward Abbott, Dolores Weztherbee, William Reisdorf, Carl Berg and Guard Luczrelli, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided May 13, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Klein, New York City (Willkie Farr & Gallagher, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

Lisa Margaret Smith, Asst. Atty. Gen., State of N.Y. (Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen. of the State of N.Y., Robert Hermann, Sol. Gen., Peter H. Schiff, Deputy Sol. Gen., State of N.Y., Albany, N.Y., of counsel), for defendants-appellees.

Before KAUFMAN, MANSFIELD and MESKILL, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Appellant Hank Purcell, Jr. appeals from a judgment dismissing his pro se complaint for compensatory and injunctive relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982). Applying our reasoning in Washington v. James, 782 F.2d 1134 (2d Cir.1986), we hold that the complaint adequately stated causes of action under section 1983 for interference with Purcell's incoming and outgoing mail and for retaliation against him for...

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