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NEGRON v. PREISER

No. 74 Civ. 1480.

382 F.Supp. 535 (1974)

Valentine A. NEGRON et al., Plaintiffs, v. Peter PREISER, Commissioner of the New York State Department of Correctional Services, et al., Defendants.

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

October 2, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Legal Aid Society, Prisoners' Rights Project, New York City, for plaintiffs; William E. Hellerstein, Joel Berger, David A. Englander, New York City, of counsel.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen., New York City, for defendants; Mortimer Sattler, Hillel Hoffman, New York City, of counsel.

Michael Bezirjian, Albany, for defendant, Peter Preiser.

ROBERT J. WARD, District Judge.

This is a motion for a preliminary injunction in a class action brought by patient-inmates of Matteawan State Hospital ("Matteawan") in Beacon, New York, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331, 1343(3) and (4), and 2201, challenging the constitutionality of certain of the conditions of their confinement. Defendants are the state officials charged with the operation of the facility and some of the employees...

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