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COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION v. COLEMAN

No. 18721.

38 A.3d 84 (2012)

303 Conn. 800

COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION v. William B. COLEMAN.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided March 13, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Murray , Hartford, with whom were David McGuire and, on the brief, Aubrey E. Ruta , Hartford, and Michael T. Grant , for the appellant (defendant).

Lynn D. Wittenbrink , assistant attorney general, with whom were Ann E. Lynch , assistant attorney general, and, on the brief, Neil Parille , assistant attorney general, George Jepsen , attorney general, and Richard Blumenthal , former attorney general, for the appellee (plaintiff).

Martha F. Davis and Hope R. Metcalf filed a brief for Professors of Law, Human Rights and Bioethics as amici curiae.

ROGERS, C.J., and NORCOTT, PALMER, ZARELLA, McLACHLAN, EVELEIGH and HARPER, Js.

NORCOTT, J.

Broadly stated, the issue raised in this appeal1 is whether the state of Connecticut may force-feed an inmate who is engaged in a hunger strike as a form of protest. The defendant, William B. Coleman, appeals from the judgment of the trial court granting the application of the plaintiff, Theresa C. Lantz, the former commissioner of correction (commissioner),2 for a permanent injunction permitting...

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