SHAKUR v. MALCOLM

No. 231, Docket 75-2095.

525 F.2d 1144 (1975)

Assata SHAKUR a/k/a Joanne Chesimard, Appellant, v. Benjamin MALCOLM, Individually and as Commissioner of Correction of the City of New York, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided September 26, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen M. Latimer, New York City (Bronx Legal Services Corp., C. Donald Grajales, Project Director, New York City, of counsel), for appellant.

Patricia Zeserson, New York City (W. Bernard Richland, Corp. Counsel, New York City, L. Kevin Sheridan, New York City, of counsel), for appellees.

Before SMITH, HAYS and MESKILL, Circuit Judges.


J. JOSEPH SMITH, Circuit Judge:

The instant appeal from a decision of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Thomas P. Griesa, Judge, asks this court to declare that certain regulations of the New York City Department of Corrections are unconstitutional as applied to appellant Assata Shakur. In particular, it is argued that departmental restrictions on paraprofessional visiting rights, as they affect appellant, are inconsistent...

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