HARRIS v. MILLER

Docket No. 14-2957.

818 F.3d 49 (2016)

Audra Lynn HARRIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Sgt. Michael MILLER, Corrections Officer Ella Anderson, Corrections Officer Valerie Bryant, and Corrections Officer Robin Trotter, Defendants-Appellees, Commissioner Brian S. Fischer, Superintendent Sabina Kaplan, Elizabeth Williams (Former Superintendent), Donald Sawyer (Director, Central New York Psychiatric Center (Marcy)), Richard Roy, Dr. Catherine McDermott (Director, Office of Mental Health), Michael Capra, Captain T. Fitzgerald, Larry Zwillinger, Joseph Joseph, Fidele Fiore, Sgt. Rorick, Corrections Officer L. Bell, Corrections Officer Hunter, Corrections Officer Hardy, Corrections Officer K. Slade, Corrections Officer Oglesby, Corrections Officer M. Jordan, Corrections Officer K. Derry, Corrections Officer L. Simmons, Corrections Officer K. Smith, Corrections Officer C. McNeil, Corrections Officer H. Maldonado, Corrections Officer Sharon Grant, Corrections Officer Joe Plowden, Sgt. Michael Dragoon, Superintendent of Medical Department Marjorie Byrnes, Dr. Lori Beth Goldstein, Nurse Practitioner Elijah Stevens, Lester Wright (Commissioner Of Medical), Corrections Officer Jane Doe #1, Corrections Officer Jane Doe #2, All Sued And In Their Official Capacity (The Last Two Names Being Fictitious, Said Individuals Being Corrections Officers Of Bedford Hills Correctional Facility Who Participated In Assaulting Plaintiff On April 8, 2010), Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: March 15, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arun S. Subramanian , Susman Godfrey L.L.P, New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

David Lawrence III , Assistant Solicitor General ( Barbara D. Underwood , Solicitor General, and Michael S. Belohlavek , Senior Counsel, on the brief), for Eric T. Schneiderman , Attorney General of the State of New York, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: KATZMANN, Chief Judge, KEARSE, Circuit Judge, and SCHOFIELD, District Judge.


Plaintiff-Appellant Audra Lynn Harris is a former inmate of Bedford Hills Correctional Facility. She testified at her deposition that, while incarcerated at Bedford Hills, a male officer and three female officers entered her room to take down cotton that she had removed from her mattress and pasted to her room's windows. The male officer then...

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