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LANGLEY v. COUGHLIN

Nos. 84 CIV. 5431 (LBS), 83 CIV. 7172 (LBS).

709 F.Supp. 482 (1989)

Carolyn LANGLEY, Alberta Succaw, Shirley Furtick and Celeste Cleckley, individually and on behalf of others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Class, v. Thomas COUGHLIN, III, Commissioner, New York State Department of Correctional Services, et al., in their individual and official capacities, Defendants. Corean EVANS, Plaintiff, v. Thomas COUGHLIN, III, Commissioner, New York State Department of Correctional Services, et al., Defendants.

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

March 31, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Koob & Magoolaghan, New York City, for plaintiff-class; Joan Magoolaghan, Elizabeth L. Koob, of counsel.

Prisoners' Legal Services, New York City, for plaintiff-intervenor.

Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen. of the State of New York, New York City, for defendants except Klug; Judith A. Gordon, Stephen Mendelsohn, of counsel.

Singleton, Keegan & Spolzino, Mount Kisco, N.Y., for defendant Klug; Robert A. Spolzino, of counsel.

OPINION

SAND, District Judge.

Defendant Klug, in his motion for summary judgment, and defendants Coughlin, Lord, and Duncan, in their collective motion for summary judgment, raise the defense of qualified immunity in response to plaintiffs' class action for damages, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Defendants' defense of qualified immunity does not warrant the grant of summary judgment, and accordingly, defendants...

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