DONALD M v. MATAVA

Civ. A. No. 84-1212-W.

668 F.Supp. 703 (1987)

DONALD M and Annette M, Plaintiffs, v. Marie A. MATAVA, individually and in her official capacity as Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Social Services, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

January 30, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marjorie Heins, Mass. Civil Liberties Foundation, and Keith Halpern, Silverglate, Gertner, Fine & Good, Boston, Mass., for plaintiffs.

John Eklund, Sloane & Walsh, and Suzanne E. Durrell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Government Bureau, Boston, Mass., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

WOLF, District Judge.

Plaintiffs Donald M and Annette M, citizens of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have brought this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against various officials of the Massachusetts Department of Social Services (the "DSS"), officials of the Chelsea Memorial Health Care Center of Massachusetts General Hospital, and Massachusetts General Hospital ("MGH") as an agent of the DSS. Plaintiffs allege that defendants violated...

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