GRIFFIN v. SMITH

No. CIV-80-418C.

493 F.Supp. 129 (1980)

John GRIFFIN, Omar Kayou, Frederick Chriscoe, Leroy Folkes, Ahmed Hassan, Tyrone Marshall, Pedro Cancel, Effrain Rodriguez, Otelio Serano, and Vince Warren, Plaintiffs, v. Superintendent Harold J. SMITH, Deputy Superintendent C. James, and Commissioner Thomas A. Coughlin III, Defendants.

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

July 10, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Griffin, Omar Kayou, Frederick Chriscoe, Leroy Folkes, Ahmed Hassan, Tyrone Marshall, Pedro Cancel, Effrain Rodriguez, Otelio Serano and Vince Warren, pro se.


CURTIN, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs, all inmates at Attica Correctional Facility, have jointly submitted a civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and individual requests to proceed in forma pauperis. Plaintiffs also ask for permission to proceed as a class pursuant to Rule 23, Fed.R.Civ.P., on behalf of all prisoners confined in the West Gallery of the Special Housing Unit ("SHU").

The facts alleged by plaintiffs fall into two classes: specific...

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