FARID v. ELLEN

Docket Nos. 07-4057-pr(L), 07-4070-pr(XAP).

593 F.3d 233 (2010)

Mujahid FARID, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee, v. Dr. I. ELLEN, Clinton Correctional Facility, Commissioner Glenn S. Goord, of the New York State Department of Correctional Services, Lieutenant L. Jones, at the Woodbourne Correctional Facility, Superintendent John P. Keane, of The Woodbourne Correctional Facility, Thomas Miller, Deputy Superintendent at Woodbourne Correctional Facility, John Mitchell, Nurse Administrator at the Clinton Correctional Facility, Director Donald Selsky, of Special Housing Units, Superintendent Daniel Senkowski, of Clinton Correctional Facility, Dr. Lester Wright, Deputy Commissioner of NYS Department of Correctional Services; Individually and in their Official Capacities, Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: January 28, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eghann E. Donahue (Philip A. Irwin, on the brief), Covington & Burling LLP, New York, N.Y., for Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee.

Sasha Samberg-Champion, Assistant Attorney General (Andrew M. Cuomo, Attorney General, Barbara D. Underwood, Solicitor General; and Michelle Aronowitz, Deputy Solicitor General, on the brief) New York, N.Y., for Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.

Before: CALABRESI, SACK, and WESLEY, Circuit Judges.


CALABRESI, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee Mujahid Farid filed a Section 1983 claim against Defendants—all of whom are state prison officials at either Woodbourne Correctional Facility ("WCF") or Clinton Correctional Facility-asserting six claims for relief: first, due process and state law violations based on the filing and conduct of a disciplinary hearing; second, First Amendment violations based on disciplinary actions resulting from his...

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