Hector Cruz, Matthew Gulley, Carmine Perrelli, George Dunleavy, Louis Poveromo, Nicholas Pechar, and George Mitchell, Individually and on Behalf of All Other Persons Similarly Situated v. Benjamin Ward, Individually and in His Capacity as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Correctional Services, Vito M. Ternullo, Individually and in His Capacity as Director of Matteawan State Hospital, Lawrence Sweeney, Individually and in His Capacity as Chief of Psychiatric Services at Matteawan State Hospital, 558 F.2d 658, 2d Cir. (1977)