On October 8, 1991, prisoners at the Orange County Jail in New York filed a pro se lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against representatives of the county in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs asked the court for injunctive relief and $1 million dollars ...
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On October 8, 1991, prisoners at the Orange County Jail in New York filed a pro se lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against representatives of the county in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs asked the court for injunctive relief and $1 million dollars each, alleging that their constitutional rights had been violated by the jail's insufficiencies in the areas of medical care, dental care, law library, dining facilities, and recreational programs, as well as the fact that they had been denied access to Catholic religious services and to a notary public.
On November 20, 1996, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (Judge Allen G. Schwartz) dismissed the claims of several plaintiffs due to a failure to prosecute. Handlin v. Garvey, 1996 WL 673823 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 20, 1996).
On September 10, 1998, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (Judge Schwartz) granted the defendant's motion to dismiss the case because the plaintiffs failed to raise any triable issues of fact. Redmond v. Garvey 1998 WL 600992 (S.D.N.Y. Sept 10, 1998).
Kristen Sagar - 06/09/2007
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