1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.2d
  4. 850 F.2d
  5. 850 F.2d 917 (1988)
 

FARID v. SMITH

No. 328, Docket 86-2007.

850 F.2d 917 (1988)

Mujahid FARID, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Harold J. SMITH, Superintendent of the Attica Correctional Facility, Individually and in His Official Capacity, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided June 22, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clifford Peterson, New York City (George Felleman, Victoria Ortiz, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

Christopher K. Hall, Albany, N.Y. (Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen. of the State of N.Y., Peter H. Schiff, Deputy Sol. Gen., William J. Kogan, Asst. Sol. Gen., Lew A. Millenbach, Asst. Atty. Gen., Albany, N.Y., of counsel), for defendant-appellee.

Before KEARSE, PIERCE, and PRATT, Circuit Judges.

PIERCE, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York, John T. Curtin, Ch. J., granting summary judgment in favor of the defendant-appellee, Harold J. Smith, the former superintendent of the Attica Correctional Facility ("Attica"). In April, 1984, appellant Mujahid Farid, an inmate then serving a sentence at Attica, commenced an action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that Smith...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases