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ROZECKI v. GAUGHAN

No. 71-1378.

459 F.2d 6 (1972)

Joseph T. ROZECKI, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Charles W. GAUGHAN, Superintendent, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 26, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Bell, Boston, Mass., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Bernard Manning, Asst. Atty. Gen., with whom Robert H. Quinn, Atty. Gen., and John J. Irwin, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Chief, Criminal Div., were on brief, for defendants-appellees.

Before ALDRICH, Chief Judge, McENTEE and COFFIN, Circuit Judges.

ALDRICH, Chief Judge.

On September 30, 1971, describing themselves as "patients" in the Treatment Center of, and confined in, the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Bridgewater, hereafter Bridgewater, and as representatives of a class of persons there confined, either for observation, or by civil commitments pursuant to Mass. G.L. c. 123A, plaintiffs filed a complaint in the district court against Charles W. Gaughan, Superintendent of Bridgewater, and Harry...

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