U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Salahuddin v. Coughlin, III
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- Type
- Opinion
- Author
- Roger Jeffrey Miner
- Filed
- May 14, 1993
- Case
- Salahuddin v. Coughlin, III
- Case status
- Decided
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993 F.2d 306 Richard Akbar SALAHUDDIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Thomas A. COUGHLIN, III; Robert Kuhlman; Ernest Edwards; Deputy Superintendent Mitchell; Deputy Superintendent McCrea and Lt. Lewis, Defendants-Appellees. No. 922, Docket 92-2171. United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Argued Jan. 27, 1993. Decided May 14, 1993. Howard M. Erichson, New York City (Thomas J. Moloney, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen Hamilton, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant. Edward J. Curtis, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City (Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen. of the State of New York, Yolanda M. Pizarro, Asst. Atty. Gen., of counsel), for defendants-appellees. Before: NEWMAN, MINER and McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judges. MINER, Circuit Judge: Plaintiff-appellant Richard Akbar Salahuddin requested that Muslim congregate religious services be held at the Sullivan Correctional Facility ("Sullivan") during his confinement there in 1985. His requests were denied, and he commenced this action pro se to challenge the denials. The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Leval, J.) granted summary judgment for the defendants-appellees and dismissed Salahuddin's complaint, finding that the New …
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