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JACKSON v. MEACHUM

Nos. 82-1455, 82-1464.

699 F.2d 578 (1983)

Anthony JACKSON, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Larry MEACHUM, et al., Defendants, Appellants. Anthony JACKSON, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Larry MEACHUM, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 10, 1983.

Rehearing Denied March 16, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Bishop, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Beacon, Mass., with whom Kim E. Murdock, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for Larry Meachum, et al.

Roderick MacLeish, Jr., Boston, Mass., with whom Fine & Ambrogne, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for Anthony Jackson.

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

COFFIN, Chief Judge.

In these cross-appeals, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts challenges the ruling of the district court that plaintiff, a multi-life sentence inmate of the Admissions Unit of Bridgewater State Hospital, confined largely to his cell, be permitted contact and communication with other inmates for not less than three hours each day. Plaintiff appeals from the court's rulings refusing to enjoin his continued confinement in the Admissions Unit by reason...

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