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BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY v. BRIDGEWATERS

No. 06-P-145.

69 Mass. App. Ct. 757 (2007)

BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY v. EMMITT BRIDGEWATERS.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

August 20, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ann E. Jochnick (James M. McCreight & Richard M.W. Bauer with her) for the defendant.

Jay S. Koplove for the plaintiff.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

Thomas P. Murphy for Disability Law Center & others.

Amy Copperman & Judith Liben for Massachusetts Union of Public Housing Tenants.

Susan Ann Silverstein & Michael Schuster, of the District of Columbia, for AARP.

Present: KANTROWITZ, MCHUGH, & GREEN, JJ.

McHUGH, J.

Emmitt Bridgewaters (Bridgewaters), a tenant in a residential complex owned and operated by the Boston Housing Authority (BHA), appeals from a summary process decision of the Housing Court evicting him and awarding possession of his unit to the BHA. The BHA commenced the summary process action after Bridgewaters pleaded guilty to a series of criminal charges stemming from his assault on his brother, Eric Bridgewaters (Eric). Bridgewaters's principal claim...

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