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ABDUL WALI v. COUGHLIN

No. 84-CV-379.

596 F.Supp. 1064 (1984)

Gerald Abdul WALI, 81-A-5803; LeMoine Arrington, 81-B-981; Kuwasi Balagoon, 83-A-6216; Abdul Reyah, 79-A-137; Theodore Churakos, 82-C-889; Carlos Cortes, 80-B-523; Charles Culhane, 67-A-0065; Frederick Curl, 77-C-687; Kasiem Dodell, 83-A-783; Mujahid Farid, 79-A-0362; Raymond Fernandez, 81-A-2686; Ronald Fox, 82-A-2445; Carlos Gonzalez, 76-A-2277; Charles L. Harris, 81-C-470; Kenneth Johnson, 79-C-575; Jory Lowrence, 77-A-3323; Anthony McBayne, 79-B-1261; Edward McCleary, 80-B-1598; Kelvin Richardson, 80-A-3080; Lamarr Rowell, 81-C-738; Sonny Viele, 77-C-95; David Sealey, 81-A-4099; Jose Vazquez, 77-A-4295; and Albert Washington, 77-A-1528, Plaintiffs, v. Thomas A. COUGHLIN, III, Commissioner, Department of the New York State Department of Correctional Services; and Harold J. Smith, Superintendent of the Attica Correctional Facility, in their official and individual capacities, Defendants.

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

November 8, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Prisoners' Legal Services of New York, Buffalo, N.Y., for plaintiffs; Ellen M. Yacknin, Joseph Kelemen, Buffalo, N.Y., David C. Leven, Executive Director, New York City, of counsel.

Jill Paperno, on the pleading.

Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen. of the State of New York, N.Y.S. Dept. of Law, Albany, N.Y., for defendants; David B. Roberts, Asst. Atty. Gen., Albany, N.Y., of counsel.

MEMORANDUM-DECISION and ORDER

JAMES T. FOLEY, Senior District Judge.

The motion for a preliminary injunction in this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 asserting deprivation of federal constitutional rights has undergone lengthy processing and prolonged consideration. The twenty-four plaintiffs are or were inmates of several New York Correctional facilities. The issue presented is important but narrow and not factually complex. The preliminary injunction...

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