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MUKMUK v. COM'R OF DEPT. OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES

No. 210, Docket 74-1504.

529 F.2d 272 (1976)

Masia A. MUKMUK, also known as Sylvester Cholmondeley, Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER OF the DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided January 13, 1976.

Certiorari Denied June 1, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Fine, New York City (Elizabeth M. Fisher, David Rosenberg, and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City, of counsel), for appellant.

David L. Birch, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen. of the State of New York (Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen., and Samuel A. Hirshowitz, First Asst. Atty. Gen., of counsel), for appellees.

Before FEINBERG, GURFEIN and VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judges.

Certiorari Denied June 1, 1976. See 96 S.Ct. 2238.

GURFEIN, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiff, Masia Mukmuk, is a Black Muslim leader who spent 15 years in New York state prisons.1 From his own allegations in his civil rights complaint, he was an activist in prison. One cannot help but read between the lines that he has been a thorn in the side of prison officials during most of his prison...

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