SNELL v. DeMELLO

Civil Action No. 95-12513-GAO.

44 F.Supp.2d 386 (1999)

Emory G. SNELL, Plaintiff, v. John F. DeMELLO, Sheriff; James Fredricks, Superintendent; Larry Dubois, Commissioner; and Mark Thompson, Lt. Winniekein, Lt. Semprini, and John Awalt, Section Officers, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

March 31, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emory G. Snell, Jr., South Walpole, MA, for plaintiff.

Robert S. Troy, Bourne Town Counsel, Sandwich, MA, for defendants.

Michael H. Cohen, Bridgewater, MA, for Larry DuBois.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

O'TOOLE, District Judge.

In this action, plaintiff Emory G. Snell, a prisoner in the custody of the Massachusetts Department of Corrections, asserts that the defendants, acting under the color of state law, failed to protect him from attack by another inmate. He alleges this failure deprived him of his right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment, as guaranteed by the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States...

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