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KNIGHT v. MILLS

No. 87-1156.

836 F.2d 659 (1987)

Norman KNIGHT, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Mark J. MILLS, etc., et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 29, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig A. MacDonnell with whom Valerie C. Samuels and Nutter, McClennen & Fish, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for plaintiff, appellant.

Marjorie Heins, Massachusetts Civ. Liberties Union Foundation, Robert Weber and David Engle, Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee, Boston, Mass., on brief for the Civ. Liberties Union of Massachusetts and the Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee, amici curiae.

Linda G. Katz, Asst. Atty. Gen., Crim. Bureau, with whom James M. Shannon, Atty. Gen., and A. John Pappalardo, Deputy Atty. Gen., Chief, Crim. Bureau, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for defendants, appellees.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, GARTH, Senior Circuit Judge, and SELYA, Circuit Judge.

GARTH, Senior Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant, Norman Knight ("Knight") is a psychiatric patient at the Bridgewater Treatment Center (the "Treatment Center") who has been involuntarily committed for a period of one-day-to-life as a sexually dangerous person ("SDP") pursuant to Mass.Gen.L. ch. 123A, §§ 1, 6 (1984). Knight brought this action against defendants-appellees Mark J. Mills ("Mills"), formerly the Massachusetts Commissioner of Mental Health...

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