FERRANTI v. MORAN

No. 79-1252.

618 F.2d 888 (1980)

David R. FERRANTI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John J. MORAN et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 18, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey J. Zellers, Boston University Law Student, with whom John Leubsdorf, Associate Professor of Law, Boston, Mass., Court appointed counsel, and Conrad J. Cendrowski, Robert J. Coughlin, and Kim Steedley, Boston University Law Students, were on brief, for plaintiff-appellant.

Paul L. Foster, Cranston, R. I., for defendants-appellees.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL and BOWNES, Circuit Judges.


BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

David Ferranti is an inmate at the Rhode Island Adult Correctional Institution. In late 1978 and early 1979, he filed two pro se complaints under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, complaining of various alleged instances of mistreatment at the hands of prison officials and seeking both injunctive relief and damages. Named as defendants were certain administrative and medical personnel at the prison. On May 7, 1979, prior to any hearing, the district...

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