HARRIS v. LORD

No. 95 Civ. 9073.

957 F.Supp. 471 (1997)

Darlena HARRIS, Plaintiff, v. Elaine A. LORD, Superintendent of Bedford Hills Correctional Facility; Sgt. Wilkins, Mental Health Department and C.O. Burnelle, Defendants.

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

March 7, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darlena Harris, Bedford Hills, NY, pro se.

Marion Buchbinder, Dennis C. Vacco, Atty. Gen. of State of N.Y., New York City, for defendants.


Opinion and Order

BAER, District Judge:

Plaintiff prisoner pro se sues defendants pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for alleged violations of her civil rights. Defendants move to dismiss plaintiff's cause of action. For the reasons stated below, defendants motion to dismiss plaintiff's first amendment claim is denied while defendants' motion to dismiss plaintiff's fourteenth amendment and eighth amendment claims is granted.

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