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MATIYN v. HENDERSON

No. 279, Docket 87-2201.

841 F.2d 31 (1988)

Faris Abdul MATIYN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Robert HENDERSON, Superintendent of Auburn Correctional Facility, and Joseph Costello, Deputy Superintendent for Security at Auburn Correctional Facility, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided March 1, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Faris Abdul Matiyn, pro se.

Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen., Albany, N.Y. (Peter H. Schiff, Deputy Sol. Gen., Nancy A. Spiegel, Daniel Smirlock, Asst. Attys. Gen., of counsel), for defendants-appellees.

Before LUMBARD, PIERCE, and MINER, Circuit Judges.

PIERCE, Circuit Judge:

In May, 1985, appellant Faris Abdul Matiyn was transferred from the general prison population of Auburn Correctional Facility ("Auburn") in New York to a special housing unit at the prison, and from the special housing unit to the general prison population at Attica Correctional Facility ("Attica"). Matiyn subsequently commenced this action for damages pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Robert Henderson, the Superintendent of Auburn,...

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