WILLIAMS v. COUGHLIN

No. 92-CV-523C.

875 F.Supp. 1004 (1995)

Sean WILLIAMS, Plaintiff, v. Thomas A. COUGHLIN III, Donald Selsky, R.J. McClellan, M.L. Hollins, Burge, R.C. Morse, Townley, P. Davis, R. Murphy, L. Joyce, All sued individually and in their official capacities for violations of Plaintiff's Constitutional Rights, Defendants.

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

January 30, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sean Williams, plaintiff pro se.

Dennis C. Vacco, Atty. Gen. of the State of N.Y. (Gail Y. Mitchell, Asst. Atty. Gen., of counsel), Buffalo, NY, for defendants.


CURTIN, District Judge.

This case raises the question of whether, and the extent to which, state prison authorities may constitutionally employ food deprivation as a disciplinary measure.

On August 5, 1992, plaintiff Sean Williams, acting pro se, brought suit under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, against defendants Thomas A. Coughlin, Commissioner of the New York State Department of Correctional Services ("DOCS"), Donald Selsky, Director...

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