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MATIYN v. COMMISSIONER DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

No. CIV-87-408C.

726 F.Supp. 42 (1989)

Faris Abdul MATIYN, Plaintiff, v. COMMISSIONER DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS and Walter R. Kelly, Superintendent, Attica Correctional Facility, Defendants.

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

December 6, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Faris Abdul Matiyn, pro se.

Robert Abrams (Allithea E. Lango, Asst. Atty. Gen., of counsel), Buffalo, N.Y., for defendants.

DECISION and ORDER

CURTIN, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

The plaintiff, Faris Abdul Matiyn, brought this action pro se pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 alleging that, while a prisoner at Attica Correctional Facility, his constitutionally protected religious freedoms were denied. Defendants, Commissioner of the New York State Department of Corrections and Walter R. Kelly, Superintendent at Attica, moved to dismiss, alleging plaintiff's failure...

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