Shepherd v. Fisher
Plaintiff: Eon Shepherd
Defendant: Brian Fisher, Ercole, Hann, La Ports, Towkartz, Tweed, Ferrick Sarles, Morris, Smith, Eagon, White, Filipponi, M.J. Miller, J. Bonafede, Trembath, W. Kelly, Alexander, Bernstein, Bentivegna, Bhapale, Koenlgamann, Koskowski, Wilson, Scott, Freeman, R. Raetina, Jane Doe and All defendants are being sued in their personal and official capacity
Case Number: 1:2008cv09297
Filed: October 30, 2008
Court: US District Court for the Southern District of New York
Office: Prisoner: Prison Condition Office
County: Franklin
Presiding Judge: Laura Taylor Swain
Nature of Suit: Plaintiff
Cause of Action: Federal Question
Jury Demanded By: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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June 26, 2018 Opinion or Order Filing 281 OPINION AND ORDER re: 273 MOTION for Judgment as a Matter of Law . MOTION for New Trial . MOTION for Judgment NOV . filed by Ferrick Sarles. For the reasons stated above, Defendants' motions are denied. The Clerk of Court is respectfully directed to terminate docket entry 273. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge Ronnie Abrams on 6/26/2018) (rj)
February 16, 2017 Opinion or Order Filing 194 OPINION AND ORDER re: 175 MOTION for Sanctions dismissing plaintiff's complaint with prejudice. filed by Bentivegna, David Swan, Wilson, Ferrick Sarles, La Ports, Towkartz, Justin Sample, Brandon Castine, Alexander, Freeman, Scott. Defendants are more than two dozen current and former employees of the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision ("DOCCS"), on behalf of whom the Attorney General of the State of New York has fi led the consolidated motion for summary judgment. (As further set forth in this Order.) For the reasons stated, Defendants' motion for summary judgment is denied in part and granted in part. Defendants' motion for summary judgment is grant ed as to all of Plaintiff's claims except as to his: (1) deliberate indifference claim against Defendant Bentivegna regarding Plaintiff's requests for pain medication on or about March 3, 2008; (2) Eighth Amendment claim against Defendan ts Tweed, Sarles, and Ferrick based on Shepherd's allegations of sexual assault; (3) First Amendment retaliation claim against Defendant Sarles regarding a frisk search on January 23, 2007; (4) First Amendment claim against Defendants Towkartz , Swan, Castine, Sample, Alexander, La Ports, Scott, Raetina, Freeman, and Wilson regarding searches in February 2007 and on March 12, 2007, March 6, 2008, March 15, 2008, and August 15, 2008; and (5) First Amendment claim against Defendant Ercole for the denial of two religious meals on significant Rastafarian holidays. Accordingly, the second, third, fourth, fifth, eighth, tenth, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth causes of action are dismissed. This case will pro ceed against Defendants Tweed, Sarles, Ferrick, Ercole, La Ports, Towkartz, Alexander, Bentivegna, Wilson, Scott, Freeman, Raetina, Swan, Castine, and Sample on the remaining causes of action. Because the Defendants withdrew their motion for sancti ons seeking to dismiss Plaintiffs complaint with prejudice, the Clerk of the Court is respectfully requested to close the motion pending at Docket Number 175. A conference is scheduled in this matter for March 2, 201 7 at 3:00 p.m. (Status Conference set for 3/2/2017 at 03:00 PM before Judge Ronnie Abrams.) (Signed by Judge Ronnie Abrams on 2/16/2017) (cf)
August 18, 2009 Opinion or Order Filing 44 ORDER, Telephone Conference set for 8/31/2009 at 04:00 PM before Magistrate Judge Ronald L. Ellis. (Signed by Magistrate Judge Ronald L. Ellis on 8/18/09) (cd)
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