WILLIAMS v. GREIFINGER

No. 95 Civ. 0385 (JSM).

918 F.Supp. 91 (1996)

Bobby WILLIAMS, Plaintiff, v. Robert B. GREIFINGER, Deputy Commissioner and Chief Medical Officer of the New York State Department of Correctional Services, Defendant.

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

January 30, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bobby Williams, Ossining, NY, pro se.

Barbara K. Hathaway, State of New York Office of the Attorney General, New York City, for defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

MARTIN, District Judge:

Plaintiff, who is proceeding pro se, is an inmate at Ossining Correctional Facility. He challenges the constitutionality of certain components of a Department of Correctional Services ("DOCS") policy governing tuberculosis (TB) testing of inmates as violative of the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. More specifically, plaintiff challenges that portion of the policy...

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