OCASIO v. CITY OF LAWRENCE, MASS.

Civ. A. No. 89-0733-Z.

788 F.Supp. 99 (1992)

Maria OCASIO v. CITY OF LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS, et al.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

March 27, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Breslauer, Merrimack Valley Legal Services, Lowell, Mass., Howard Friedman, Boston, Mass., for plaintiff.

Robert J. O'Sullivan, Office of City Atty., Carmine W. DiAdamo, DiAdamo Law Office, Lawrence, Mass., Edward P. Reardon, Austin M. Joyce, Reardon & Reardon, Worcester, Mass., Clark W. Yudysky, David C. Jenkins, Gallagher & Gallagher, LaDonna J. Hatton, Atty. General's Office, Crim. Div., Boston, Mass., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM DECISION

ZOBEL, District Judge.

Plaintiffs allege that the defendants' policy regarding the seizure of Food Stamp Identification Cards ("the Cards") contravenes the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution (applied against the defendants by virtue of the Fourteenth Amendment) as well as the Food Stamp Act. They seek declaratory and injunctive relief; they have also moved for class certification. In an effort to resolve the litigation...

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