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CESPEDES v. COUGHLIN

No. 90 Civ. 2667 (DNE).

956 F.Supp. 454 (1997)

Carlos CESPEDES, Plaintiff, v. Thomas A. COUGHLIN, III, Commissioner of New York State Department of Correctional Services; John P. Keane, Superintendent; Charles Greiner, Deputy Superintendent of Security; F. Orengo, Captain; John Doe, Captain; M. Stokes, Lieutenant; Fields, Sergeant; Albelo, Sergeant; and J. Roman, Correctional Officer, Defendants.

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

February 7, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Schiff Berman, New York City, for plaintiff.

Dennis C. Vacco, Attorney General of the State of New York (Angela M. Cartmill, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel), New York City, for defendants.

Opinion & Order

EDELSTEIN, District Judge.

In April 1990, plaintiff Carlos Cespedes ("Cespedes" or "plaintiff"), an inmate at the Ossining Correctional Facility ("Sing Sing"), in Ossining, New York, brought this action against the above-named defendants, alleging that, while incarcerated at Sing Sing, he was placed into segregated housing without due process in violation of Title 42, United States Code, Section 1983 ("Section 1983"), as well as...

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