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PEOPLE EX REL. STOUGHTON v. BRANN

451609/20. 11815. 260234/20. 11814.

185 A.D.3d 521 (2020)

128 N.Y.S.3d 491

2020 NY Slip Op 04236

The People of the State of New York ex rel. Corey Stoughton, on Behalf of Venus Williams and Others, Appellants, v. Cynthia Brann et al., Respondents. The People of the State of New York ex rel. Brent Low et al., on Behalf of Hassan Muhammad and Others, Appellants, v. Cynthia Brann et al., Respondents.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided July 23, 2020.

These two "mass" habeas corpus proceedings are brought by defendants incarcerated on Rikers Island. Some are awaiting trial, and others have been convicted and are alleged to have violated their conditions of parole. Petitioners claim federal and state constitutional violations stemming from their continued detention despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The Stoughton proceeding was commenced on or about March 20, 2020, by 116 inmates at Rikers Island. All but nine...

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