BRAGA v. HODGSON

No. 08-2331.

605 F.3d 58 (2010)

Joseph BRAGA, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Thomas HODGSON, individually and in his Capacity as Sheriff of Bristol County, and Certain Unknown Individuals, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 14, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. McCormick, III, for appellant.

Mary Jo Harris with whom Robert P. Morris and Morgan, Brown & Joy, LLP, were on brief for appellee Hodgson.

Before TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, SOUTER, Associate Justice, and STAHL, Circuit Judge.


STAHL, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant Joseph Braga, a former inmate at the Bristol County House of Correction in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, brought suit against defendant-appellee Thomas Hodgson, Sheriff of Bristol County, Massachusetts.1 Braga alleged that the Sheriff's negligent maintenance of the facility caused him physical injuries (the "negligence claim") and that the Sheriff intentionally or with deliberate indifference denied...

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