POIRIER v. MASSACHUSETTS DEPT. OF CORRECTION

Civil Action No. 06-10748-GAO.

532 F.Supp.2d 275 (2008)

Melissa J. POIRIER, Plaintiff v. MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION and Kathleen M. Dennehy, individually and in her official capacity as Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Corrections, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

January 30, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lori A Jodoin, Rodgers, Powers & Schwartz LLP, Sarah M. Joss, Attorney General's Office, Boston, MA, for Plaintiff.

Kathleen M. Dennehy, Harvey A. Schwartz, Rodgers, Powers & Schwartz LLP, Boston, MA, for Defendants.


OPINION AND ORDER

GEORGE A. O'TOOLE, District Judge.

The plaintiff, Melissa Poirier, brings this complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Massachusetts Department of Correction ("DOC") and its Commissioner, Kathleen Dennehy, in both her individual and official capacities. Poirier, who had been employed by the DOC as a correction officer, claims that the defendants violated her constitutional right to maintain a "close, personal association...

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