FORD v. CITY OF BOSTON

No. CIV. 98-11346-NG.

154 F.Supp.2d 131 (2001)

Bronwyn FORD, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF BOSTON, Suffolk County, and Richard J. Rouse, Sheriff of Suffolk County, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

July 31, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Audrey Samit, Eric N Klein, Klein & Miller, Howard Friedman, Boston, MA, for Plaintiffs.

Michael A. Goldsmith, Assistant Corporation Counsel, City of Boston Law Department, City Hall, Eve Anne Piemonte-Stacey, Rose E. King, Assistant General Counsel, Suffolk County Sheriff's Dept., Melissa J. Garand, Suffolk County Sheriff's Department, Boston, MA, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM RE: MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT BY AND AGAINST THE CLASS PLAINTIFFS

GERTNER, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Between December 10, 1995, and September 20, 1999 ("class period"), the City of Boston ("City") followed an express policy of transferring all female arrestees who could not post bail to Suffolk County's maximum security Nashua Street Jail ("Jail"). In contrast, the City held male arrestees in City facilities...

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