HOFFER v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION


412 Mass. 450 (1992)

589 N.E.2d 1231

CARL T. HOFFER vs. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

April 13, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Wyzanski for the Commissioner of Correction & another.

Daniel M. Lewis for the plaintiff.

Present: WILKINS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.


NOLAN, J.

The defendants, Commissioner of Correction (commissioner), and superintendent of Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Cedar Junction (MCI, Cedar Junction), appeal from the judgment of the Superior Court awarding damages to the plaintiff, Carl T. Hoffer, for violation of his due process rights in connection with his commitment to the departmental segregation unit (DSU) of MCI, Cedar Junction. We transferred...

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