On December 17, 1987, prisoners at the Green Haven and Auburn State Correctional Facilities in New York filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the New York Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. The prisoners, represented by ...
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On December 17, 1987, prisoners at the Green Haven and Auburn State Correctional Facilities in New York filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the New York Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. The prisoners, represented by Prisoners' Legal Services of New York and the Prisoners' Rights Project Legal Aid Society, alleged that their civil rights had been violated by the disciplinary procedures used for mentally ill prisoners.
On February 17, 1987, the plaintiffs asked the court to certify them as a class. On March 13, 1990, the magistrate judge Gustave J. DiBianco filed a report recommending that the court certify the class, and the defendants objected to the plaintiff class certification. On March 1, 1988, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York (Judge Neal P. McCurn) certified the class of inmates who suffered from mental illness. Anderson v. Coughlin,10 Fed.R.Serv.3d 1277 (N.D.NY. 1988).
On December 16, 2003, parties entered into a private settlement agreement, and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York (Judge McCurn) approved the form of the agreement. On January 27, 2005, the court entered a voluntary stipulation of dismissal, and on April 14, 2005, the court dismissed all remaining claims in the action with prejudice.
Kristen Sagar - 03/10/2006
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