SMITH v. MASSACHUSETTS DEPT. OF CORRECTION

No. 90-1908.

936 F.2d 1390 (1991)

Guy L. SMITH, Jr., Plaintiff, Appellant, v. MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 25, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guy L. Smith, Jr., on brief pro se.

Nancy Ankers White, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., and Sondra M. Korman, Counsel, Massachusetts Dept. of Correction, on brief for defendants, appellees.

Before BREYER, Chief Judge, SELYA and CYR, Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

Guy Smith, a black male presently serving a lengthy sentence for armed robbery, appeals pro se from the dismissal of his civil rights complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief might be granted. The complaint named as defendants the Massachusetts Department of Corrections (DOC), former DOC Commissioner Michael Fair, seven employees of the North Central Correctional Institution (NCCI) at Gardner (Superintendent Bender, disciplinary...

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