GIANO v. SENKOWSKI

No. 359, Docket 94-2167.

54 F.3d 1050 (1995)

Julio GIANO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Daniel SENKOWSKI, Superintendent, Clinton Correctional Facility; Thomas Coughlin, Commissioner, Department of Correctional Services, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided May 16, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julio Giano, pro se.

Peter H. Schiff, Deputy Sol. Gen., Albany, NY (G. Oliver Koppell, Atty. Gen., Albany, NY, of counsel), for defendants-appellees.

Before: McLAUGHLIN, JACOBS, and CALABRESI, Circuit Judges.


McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge:

In July 1991, inmate Julio Giano's girlfriend sent him an envelope containing two semi-nude photographs of herself. Pursuant to prison policy, a prison mailroom employee confiscated the photographs.

Giano filed an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York (Neal P. McCurn, Judge), against two high ranking prison officials. He argued that the prison's policy...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases