STRACHAN v. ASHE

Civ. A. No. 79-2001-F.

548 F.Supp. 1193 (1982)

Thomas STRACHAN, Plaintiff, v. Michael J. ASHE, Nick Fiorentino, William De Maio, James Moores, and John Doe, Individually and in their official capacities, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

October 13, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Thompson, Prisoners Legal Assistance Clinic, Western New England College School of Law, Springfield, Mass., for plaintiff.

Savino J. Basile, Santaniello, Posnik & Basile, J. David Keaney, Edward J. McDonough, Jr., Springfield, Mass., for defendants Fiorentino and Ashe.


MEMORANDUM

FREEDMAN, District Judge.

This action is before me following a hearing on the plaintiff's motion for class certification, F.R.Civ.P. 23, and for partial summary judgment, F.R.Civ.P. 56. Herein I set forth my reasons for denying plaintiff's class certification motion and for allowing his motion for partial summary judgment.

I.

Plaintiff Thomas Strachan was an inmate at the Hampden...

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