PEARSON v. FAIR

Nos. 89-2051, 90-1271, 90-1272 and 90-1616.

935 F.2d 401 (1991)

Donald PEARSON, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Michael FAIR, et al., Defendants, Appellees. Donald PEARSON, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Michael FAIR, et al., Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 3, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David R. Geiger with whom Joseph D. Halpern, Michele A. Whitham and Foley, Hoag & Eliot were on brief, for Donald Pearson et al.

Abbe L. Ross, Asst. Atty. Gen., Narcotics Div., with whom James M. Shannon, Atty. Gen., was on brief for the Com'r of the Dept. of Correction, the Com'r of the Dept. of Mental Health, the Superintendent and Deputy Superintendent of the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Bridgewater, Mass., and the Adm'r of the Treatment Center.

Before BREYER, Chief Judge, SELYA, Circuit Judge, and LAGUEUX, District Judge.


LAGUEUX, District Judge.

Plaintiffs are past or present patients at the Treatment Center for Sexually Dangerous Persons (the "Treatment Center"), a state institution located in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Defendants are various state officials with authority over the Treatment Center, including the Commissioner of the Department of Correction, the Commissioner of the Department of Mental Health, the Administrator of the Treatment Center, and the Superintendent and...

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