District Court, S.D. New York March 19, 1982, 81 Civ. 6205 (RWS) (Seide v. Prevost)

OPINION

SWEET, District Judge.

This is a class action for injunctive relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging deprivation of rights guaranteed by the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments and by the New York Constitution, Article XVII, §§ 1, 3, 4, 6, New York Mental Hygiene Law §§ 7.07 and 33.03, and 14 N.Y.C.R.R. § 27.4(b).

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Jurisdiction is based on 28 U.S.C. §§ 1343 and 1651.