Inmates of Attica Correctional Facility v. Rockefeller

After New York state troopers and corrections officers killed 32 inmates without provocation while retaking Attica prison during an uprising, and allegedly beat and denied medical care to hundreds more afterward, inmates and a victim's mother (plaintiffs) sued Governor Rockefeller and other officials (defendants), seeking mandamus to compel state prosecution of the responsible officers and federal prosecution by the U.S. Attorney for related federal offenses; the district court dismissed the complaint.