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Matter of Abdullah v. Coughlin

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Apr 20, 1987
129 A.D.2d 699 (N.Y. App. Div. 1987)

Opinion

April 20, 1987

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Dutchess County (Weiner, J.).


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

The petition alleged that the decision of the prison medical staff to discontinue the administration of multivitamins, which had been administered to the petitioner at the facility in which he had been previously incarcerated, violated his Eighth Amendment rights. The petition further alleged that the denial of access to the petitioner of his medical records violated his rights.

There was no allegation that the prison officials were deliberately indifferent to the petitioner's medical needs. Therefore, ceasing to supply him with multivitamins does not involve a violation of the petitioner's Eighth Amendment rights. The petitioner's remaining claim is barred because he failed to exhaust his administrative remedies. Mangano, J.P., Bracken, Niehoff, Kooper and Spatt, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Matter of Abdullah v. Coughlin

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Apr 20, 1987
129 A.D.2d 699 (N.Y. App. Div. 1987)
Case details for

Matter of Abdullah v. Coughlin

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of MUZAFFAR SA'ID ABDULLAH, Appellant, v. THOMAS A…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Apr 20, 1987

Citations

129 A.D.2d 699 (N.Y. App. Div. 1987)