JONES v. COUGHLIN

No. 86 Civ. 9888 (RWS).

665 F.Supp. 1040 (1987)

Michael JONES, Plaintiff, v. Thomas A. COUGHLIN, III, Commissioner, Department of Correctional Services, State of New York, et al., Defendants.

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

June 30, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Firm, New York City, for plaintiff; Bonnie Reid Berkow, Betsy C. Manifold, of counsel.

Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen. of State of N.Y., New York City, for defendants; Douglas D. Aronin, Asst. Atty. Gen., of counsel.


SWEET, District Judge.

In this action to recover compensatory and punitive damages for injuries incurred as a result of violations of Jones' civil and constitutional rights, all defendants but Rivenburgh and Farrell move to dismiss the complaint pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6).1

For the reasons set forth below, defendant's motion is granted in part and denied in part. With respect to those claims or parts of claims outside the...

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