JACKSON v. WARD

Nos. Civ-1969-435, Civ-1971-101, Civ-1971-131, Civ-1972-11, Civ-1972-12, Civ-1972-23 and Civ-1973-289.

458 F.Supp. 546 (1978)

Lawrence A. JACKSON, Auburn State Prison, Auburn, New York, Frank Cole, Green Haven State Prison, Stormville, New York, Floyd L. Couse, Auburn State Prison, Auburn, New York, Edward J. Bardo, Attica State Prison, Attica, New York, Thomas Hazelton, Green Haven State Prison, Stormville, New York, Warren Scarberry, Attica State Prison, Attica, New York, the Mattachine Society, the Fortune Society, Plaintiffs, v. Benjamin WARD, Commissioner of Correction of the State of New York, Governor Alfred E. Smith Office Building, State Office Building, Albany, New York, Harold J. Smith, Superintendent of the Attica Correctional Facility, Attica, New York, Robert J. Henderson, Superintendent of the Auburn Correctional Facility, Auburn, New York, Leon Vincent, Superintendent of the Green Haven Correctional Facility, Stormville, New York, Individually and in their official capacities, Defendants. Joseph P. LITTLE and Richard Clark, Petitioners, v. Vincent R. MANCUSI, Superintendent of Attica Correctional Facility, and William A. Dickinson, Educational Supervisor and Censor, Respondents. Calvin JOHNSON, Plaintiff, v. Vincent R. MANCUSI, Superintendent, Attica Correctional Facility, Defendant. Application of Carl JONES. Application of Gary R. HAYNES. George NIEVES, Petitioner, v. School Supervisor Mr. DICKERSON, Respondent. Application of Edward VOGT and Charles Jackson.

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

September 13, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herman Schwartz and Edward I. Koren, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen. of State of N. Y. (Douglas S. Cream, Asst. Atty. Gen., Buffalo, N. Y., of counsel), for defendants.


CURTIN, Chief Judge.

When this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 was first filed with the court on November 26, 1969, six named inmates and the Mattachine and Fortune Societies challenged the guidelines and procedures of the New York Department of Correctional Services governing the review by corrections officials and the receipt of literature by inmates in New York State correctional facilities. Plaintiffs sought a declaratory judgment and preliminary...

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