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FISHER v. KOEHLER

No. 83 Civ. 2128 (MEL).

692 F.Supp. 1519 (1988)

Charles FISHER, Edward Holohan, John Harris, Ledgure Davis, Lionel Lawson, Victor Ellis, John Thompson, Milton Gadson, individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Richard KOEHLER, Commissioner of the Department of Correction of the City of New York; James T. Garvey, Supervising Warden of C-76; Bruce Sullivan, Warden of C-76; Sheila Vaughn, Deputy Warden for Administration at C-76; David C. White, Deputy Warden for Security at C-76; Joseph Colon, Deputy Warden for Programs at C-76; Steven Thomas, Assistant Commissioner for Health, Education and Social Services for the Department of Correction; Steven C. Joseph, Commissioner of the Department of Health; Allan Goldberg, Director of Prison Health Services for the Department of Health; Mel Kaye, Ph.D., Director of Mental Health services for Prison Health Services; Dr. Murray Rosenthal, Director of Dentistry of the Department of Health; Edward Koch, Mayor of the City of New York, Defendants.

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

As Amended August 9, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip L. Weinstein, John Boston, Claudette R. Spencer, Dale A. Wilker, The Legal Aid Society, Prisoners' Rights Project, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Peter L. Zimroth, Corp. Counsel of the City of New York, New York City (Diane Morgenroth, Steven H. Mosenson, Hway-Ling Hsu, Asst. Corp. Counsels, of counsel), for defendants.

LASKER, District Judge.

In this action, plaintiffs, who are a class1 of inmates at the New York City Correctional Institution for Men ("CIFM"),2 have challenged the conditions of confinement at CIFM on many grounds, of which rampant violence, both between inmates and between staff and inmates, is one of the most significant and distressing. After a long trial on a motion for a permanent injunction on the separate...

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