SANTIAGO v. MILES

No. Civ. 86-694L.

774 F.Supp. 775 (1991)

Raymond SANTIAGO, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Ronald MILES, et al., Defendants.

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

October 1, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Boston, Claudette Spencer, Legal Aid Soc., New York City, for plaintiffs.

Elizabeth J. McDonald, Asst. Atty. Gen., Joseph Gelormini, Dept. of Law, Rochester, N.Y., for defendants.


DECISION AND ORDER

LARIMER, District Judge.

This is a class action brought by black and hispanic inmates at the Elmira Correctional Facility ("Elmira") in Elmira, New York claiming widespread discrimination at the facility on the basis of race in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution and 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1983.

In general, plaintiffs claim that officials in charge of Elmira have, for the most part, ignored blatant...

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