JAMES v. COUGHLIN

No. 94-CV-6281L.

13 F.Supp.2d 403 (1998)

Sam JAMES, Plaintiff, v. Thomas A. COUGHLIN, III, Individually and in his official capacity as Commissioner, et al., Defendants.

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

June 11, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sam James, Alden, NY, pro se.

Carlos Rodriguez, Office of New York State Attorney General, Rochester, NY, for Defendants.


DECISION AND ORDER

LARIMER, Chief Judge.

BACKGROUND

Plaintiff Sam James, appearing pro se, commenced this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff, who is currently an inmate at Clinton Correctional Facility, alleges that while he was housed at Attica Correctional Facility ("Attica"), the defendants violated his First, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights by subjecting him to sexual abuse and excessive force during...

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