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COX v. MASSACHUSETTS DEPT. OF CORRECTION

Civil Action No. 13-10379-FDS.

18 F.Supp.3d 38 (2014)

William COX, Plaintiff, v. MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION; Harold W. Clarke, former Commissioner of the Department of Correction, in his official and individual capacities; Luis S. Spencer, Commissioner of the Department of Correction, in his official and individual capacities; Steven J. O'Brien, Superintendent of the Old Colony Correctional Center, in his official and individual capacities; Katherine Chmiel, Deputy Commissioner of the Classification, Programs, and Reentry Division of the Department of Correction, in her official and individual capacities; and Veronica Madden, Associate Commissioner of Reentry and Reintegration of the Department of Correction, in her official and individual capacities, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

Signed March 12, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rosemary C. Scapicchio , Law Office of Rosemary C. Scapicchio, Amy L. Codagnone , Boston, MA, for Plaintiff.

Veronica E. Dedosantos , Department of Correction, Boston, MA, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS

SAYLOR, District Judge.

This is a civil rights and tort action brought by a mentally disabled prisoner. Plaintiff William Cox alleges that the Massachusetts Department of Correction ("DOC") lacks a proper mental-health facility and places vulnerable, mentally ill prisoners among violent inmates, and that as a result he has suffered sexual abuse in violation of his constitutional rights.

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