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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT PRISONER CIVIL NO. 3:01CV1786 (CFD)(WIG)
GARY SADLER v. GOVERNOR ROWLAND, ET AL.
: : :
FEBRUARY
2004
AFFIDAVIT OF WARDEN MICHAEL CARTER
State of Connecticut County of Hartford
) ) ss: Suffield )
February ____, 2004
The undersigned, Warden Michael E. Carter, being duly sworn, deposes and says: 1. I am employed by the Connecticut Department of Correction and I am the Warden of
the MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution. 2. As Warden, I am familiar with the facility rules and practices concerning grievances
and inmate money accounts, and the records of inmates concerning grievances and inmate money accounts. 3. The MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution has rules in place affording inmates
an administrative remedy for complaints about conditions of their confinement and the actions of officers, including complaints about postage and photocopies, in DOC Directive 9.6, Inmate Grievances. A copy of that directive is attached hereto in Exhibit A. 4. At the request of the Office of the Attorney General, I had my staff review the
records of the MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution to determine if Inmate Gary Sadler,
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No. 236395, filed any grievances recently concerning postage or photocopies and there were none. 5. Also at the request of the Office of the Attorney General, I obtained the inmate
account records for Mr. Saddler for the past four months, and a copy of that report is attached in Exhibit B.
Dated at Suffield, Connecticut, this _____ day of February, 2004.
__________________________________________ Warden Michael E. Carter
Subscribed and sworn to before me this _____ day of February, 2004.
__________________________________________ Notary Public / Commissioner of Superior Court
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DEFENDANTS Governor Rowland, et al. RICHARD BLUMENTHAL ATTORNEY GENERAL
BY:
____________________________________ Robert F. Vacchelli Assistant Attorney General 110 Sherman Street Hartford, CT 06105 Federal Bar #ct05222 E-Mail: [email protected] Tel.: (860) 808-5450 Fax: (860) 808-5591
CERTIFICATION I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing was mailed to the following on this ____ day of February, 2004: Gary Sadler #236395 MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution 1153 East Street South Suffield, CT 06080
____________________________________ Robert F. Vacchelli Assistant Attorney General
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