SHEDLOCK v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION


442 Mass. 844 (2004)

PAUL SHEDLOCK v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION & others.

Supreme Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

December 8, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Myong J. Joun (Howard Friedman with him) for the plaintiff.

Julie E. Daniele (Kevin Anahory with her) for the defendants.

Jane K. Alper, James R. Pingeon, & Sarah R. Wunsch, for Disability Law Center & others, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., GREANEY, IRELAND, SPINA, COWIN, SOSMAN, & CORDY, JJ.


SOSMAN, J.

The plaintiff, an inmate at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Norfolk (M.C.I., Norfolk), brought the present action complaining that prison officials had failed to provide reasonable accommodation for his disability (in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. § 12132 [2000] [ADA], the Federal Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. § 794 [2000] [RA], and art. 114 of the Amendments to the Massachusetts Constitution), and that...

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