COLLINS v. WARD

No. 78 Civ. 2007.

544 F.Supp. 408 (1982)

Clyde COLLINS, Jr., and Lawrence Epps, Plaintiffs, v. Benjamin WARD, Commissioner, New York State Department of Correctional Services, Robert J. Henderson, Superintendent, Auburn Correctional Facility, and Stephen Dalsheim, Superintendent, Auburn Correctional Facility, Defendants.

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

June 30, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clyde Collins, Jr., Lawrence Epps, pro se.

Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen., State of N. Y., New York City, for defendants; Eleanor Janosek Doyle, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City, of counsel.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

OWEN, District Judge.

Plaintiffs Clyde Collins, Jr. and Lawrence Epps are convicted felons who are serving terms of incarceration at Auburn Correctional Facility ("Auburn") and Attica Correctional Facility, respectively. They and two other inmates whose complaints have been dismissed brought this action pursuant to the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, against defendants Benjamin Ward, former Commissioner of the state...

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