Benjamin v. Coughlin

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · Decided 1990-05-18

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MINER, Circuit Judge: Plaintiffs, Rastafarian inmates in the custody of the New York State Department of Correctional Services (“DOCS”), appeal from a judgment entered in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Stanton, J.) rejecting claims, brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982), that various regulations and policies of DOCS violate their firs…

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