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TORRES v. TAYLOR

No. 77 CIVIL 1598.

456 F.Supp. 951 (1978)

Anthony A. TORRES, Plaintiff, v. Larry TAYLOR, Warden of the Metropolitan Correctional Center, and Deleno W. Matthews, Unit Manager at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, Defendants.

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

September 1, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony A. Torres, pro se.

Robert B. Fiske, Jr., U. S. Atty. for the Southern District of New York, New York City, for defendants; Gary G. Cooper, Asst. U. S. Atty., New York City, of counsel.

OPINION

EDWARD WEINFELD, District Judge.

Plaintiff, Anthony Torres, formerly a prisoner incarcerated at the Metropolitan Correctional Center ("MCC"), a federal detention facility in New York City, commenced this action against defendants Larry Taylor, the warden of MCC, and Deleno Matthews, a unit manager at the same institution, charging them with violations of his Fifth and Eighth Amendment rights. He seeks compensatory and punitive damages.

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