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New York HCV Treatment Suit Not Mooted by Equivocal DOC Concession; Class Certification Granted
Loaded on March 15, 2007
by John Dannenberg
published in Prison Legal News
March, 2007, page 33
by John E. Dannenberg
Filed under:
Hepatitis,
Class Certification,
Mootness,
Mental Health,
Drug Treatment/Rehab.
Location:
New York.
The United States District Court (N.D. N.Y.) rejected the New York Department of Corrections' (NYDOC) attempt to moot a class action claim filed by HCV (Hepatitis-C) infected prisoners who had sued to receive treatment for their deadly disease. The principal roadblock to treatment had been a …
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