MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Reggie Caswell has brought this action under 42 U.S.C. §1983 against several employees of Upstate Correctional Facility (“Upstate C. F.”): Superintendent Donald G. Uhler, Assistant Deputy Superintendent Denise E. Sauther, Lieutenant Thomas F. Quinn, Lieutenant Craig S. Rowe, Sergeant Charles E. Coryea, Sergeant Paul L. Fletcher, Sergeant Darren Pilon, Sergeant Randal J. Smith, Sergeant Bruce A. Truax, Correction Officer Austin A. Helms, Correction Officer Dustin J. Hollenbeck, Correction Officer Chris King, and Correction Officer Matthew B. Welch (collectively, “Defendants”). Dkt. No. 1 (“Complaint”). Plaintiff’s claims arise out of his confinement in Upstate C. F.’s Special Housing Unit (“SHU”) in 2016. Fletcher, Rowe, Truax, Quinn, and Coryea (collectively, “Moving Defendants”)1 have moved this Court to dismiss one count of Plaintiff’s Complaint pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedural 12(b)(6) for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted. Dkt. Nos. 25 (“Motion to Dismiss”); 25-1 (“Moving Defendants’ Memorandum”). Plaintiff has filed a response, Dkt. No. 32 (“Plaintiff’s Response”), to which Moving Defendants have filed a reply, Dkt. No. 35 (“Moving Defendants’ Reply”). For the reasons that follow, Moving Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss is granted in part and denied in part. II. BACKGROUND The Court draws all facts, which are assumed to be true, from the Complaint. Bryant v. N.Y. State Educ. Dep’t, 692 F.3d 202, 210 (2d Cir. 2012). “For purposes of a motion to dismiss,” the Second Circuit “deem[s] a complaint to include any written instrument attached to it as an exhibit or any statements or documents incorporated in it by reference…and documents that the plaintiffs either possessed or knew about and upon which they relied in bringing the suit.” Rothman v. Gregor, 220 F.3d 81, 88-89 (2d Cir. 2000). Below is a summary of the facts relevant to the Motion to Dismiss. A complete set of facts may be found in the Complaint. Plaintiff, an inmate in the custody of the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (“DOCCS”), was transferred to Upstate C. F. on or about March 21, 2016 to serve a disciplinary sanction. Compl.
5, 13. Upon admission, Plaintiff informed Fletcher he is homosexual and requested that he not be housed with a bunkmate known to be hostile toward gays. Id. 14. Fletcher responded that Plaintiff should “save the semen” if he were ever raped by his bunkmate and assigned Plaintiff to a SHU cell that already housed “an alleged rapist” (“Cellmate No. 1″). Id.
