Woodward v. Doe #1 et al

Filing 145

ORDER: As part of the Court's previous directive Counsel for the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision ("DOCCS") was instructed to provide to chambers the personnel files for Defendants. See Dkt. No 143. The Bate-stamped personnel files of James Gori, David Bidwell, Jr., Jeff Juliano, Kyle Cituk, and Sgt Paul Geleta were thereafter provided to the Court in hard copy form. The in camera review of these personnel files has now been completed. With rega rd to Defendants Bidwell, Juliano, Cituk and Geleta, the personnel file review by the Court did not reveal any proportionally relevant information or impeachment material. No pages from those personnel files, therefore, need be disclosed. With regar d to the personnel file of Defendant Gori, the Court directs that the following pages from that file be copied and provided to Plaintiff: Gori 42, 83, 165, 172, 179, 180, 181 & 183. The Court directs that Defendants Counsel immediately retrieve from the Court's Courtroom Deputy, Ganli M. Demyttenaere, the above referenced personnel files. Signed by Magistrate Judge Daniel J. Stewart on October 26, 2023. {order served via regular mail on plaintiff}(nas)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
SEAN WOODWARD,

Plaintiff,

v.

9:18-CV-0083
(DNH/DJS)

CORRECTIONAL OFFICER GORI, et al.,
Defendants.
APPEARANCES:

OF COUNSEL:

SEAN WOODWARD
Plaintiff, pro se
28 South Georgia Avenue, #223
Atlantic City, New Jersey 08401
HON. LETITIA JAMES
Attorney General of the State of New York
Attorney for Defendant
The Capitol
Albany, New York 12224

RACHAEL OUIMET, ESQ.
Assistant Attorney General

DANIEL J. STEWART
United States Magistrate Judge
ORDER
As part of the Court’s previous directive Counsel for the New York State
Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (“DOCCS”) was instructed to
provide to chambers the personnel files for Defendants. See Dkt. No 143. The Batestamped personnel files of James Gori, David Bidwell, Jr., Jeff Juliano, Kyle Cituk, and
Sgt Paul Geleta were thereafter provided to the Court in hard copy form. The in camera
review of these personnel files has now been completed. With regard to Defendants

Bidwell, Juliano, Cituk and Geleta, the personnel file review by the Court did not reveal
any proportionally relevant information or impeachment material. No pages from those
personnel files, therefore, need be disclosed. With regard to the personnel file of
Defendant Gori, the Court directs that the following pages from that file be copied and
provided to Plaintiff: Gori 42, 83, 165, 172, 179, 180, 181 & 183.
The Court directs that Defendants’ Counsel immediately retrieve from the
Court’s Courtroom Deputy, Ganli M. Demyttenaere, the above referenced personnel
files.
IT IS SO ORDERED
Dated: October 26, 2023
Albany, New York

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