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McClary v. Coughlin, No. 90-CV-0501A (W.D.N.Y.) (87 F.Supp.2d 205) (March 14, 2000) (Judge Magistrate)

Here the court held that prison officials were not entitled to a defense of qualified immunity for vindictively holding a prisoner in solitary confinement for four uninterrupted years, but it reduced the damages awarded from $660,000 to $237,500.

In this case, a prisoner had brought an action against officials of ...

 

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