BECKFORD v. PORTUONDO

No. 98-CV-350 LEK/GJD.

151 F.Supp.2d 204 (2001)

Easton BECKFORD, Plaintiff, v. Leonardo PORTUONDO, Superintendent at Shawangunk Correctional Facility; Glenn Goord, Commissioner of New York State Department of Corrections; Paul Annetts, Deputy Superintendent at Shawangunk Correctional Facility; K. Decker, Correction Captain at Shawangunk Correctional Facility; G. Looney, Correction Sergeant at Shawangunk Correctional Facility; Sergeant Falkena, Correction Sergeant at Shawangunk Correctional Facility; Joseph Vitarius, Correction Officer at Shawangunk Correctional Facility; David Sperry, Correction Officer at Shawangunk Correctional Facility; D.E. Vitarius, Correction Officer at Shawangunk Correctional Facility; A. North, Correction Officer at Shawangunk Correctional Facility; John Doe, Inmate Porter at Shawngunk Correctional Facility; Jane Doe, Nurse at Shawangunk Correctional Facility; James Stinson, Superintendent at Great Meadow Correctional Facility; Michael Bintz, First Deputy Superintendent at Great Meadow Correctional Facility; H. Graham, Correction Captain at Great Meadow Correctional Facility; Sergeant Webster, Correction Sergeant at Great Meadow Correctional Facility; William Wolford, Correction Officer at Great Meadow Correctional Facility; James Stone, Commissioner of Department of Mental Health; Al Shimkunas, Mental Health Director at Great Meadow Correctional Facility; Dr. Faruki, Psychiatrist at Great Meadow Correctional Facility; Dr. B. Kim, Psychiatrist at Great Meadow Correctional Facility, Defendants.

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

June 29, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Easton Beckford, Romulus, NY, pro se.

Mary E. Hill, New York State Atty. Gen.Albany, NY, for defendant.


MEMORANDUM—DECISION AND ORDER

KAHN, District Judge.

Pursuant to a remand from the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit dated January 10, 2001, Defendants' motion for summary judgment is presently before the Court. For the following reasons, Defendants' motion is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part.

I. BACKGROUND

Plaintiff, Easton Beckford, is a wheelchair bound New York State inmate. He commenced the instant...

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