NORTON v. RODRIGUES

No. 18-1784.

955 F.3d 176 (2020)

Tyler Raymond NORTON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael RODRIGUES, SBCC Deputy Superintendent, Defendant-Appellant, Osvaldo Vidal, SBCC Superintendent; Brian Mcdonald, SBCC Director of Security; Steven Silva, SBCC Director of Operations; Christopher Phelps, SBCC Lt. Correction Officer of Inner Perimeter Security; Brian Wozniak, SBCC Correction Officer of Inner Perimeter Security; Jeffrey Alteri, SBCC Sgt. Correction Officer of Assignments; Gregory Bedard, SBCC Lt. Correction Officer of Discipline; John DOE-1, SBCC employee in charge of the Department Disciplinary Unit, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

April 7, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen G. Dietrick , Deputy General Counsel, with whom Nancy Ankers White , Special Assistant Attorney General, and the Department of Correction Legal Division were on brief, for appellant.

John McKirachan Pavlos , with whom Law Office of John McKirachan Pavlos were on brief, for appellee.

Before Howard, Chief Judge, Thompson and Barron, Circuit Judges.


This case was brought by Tyler Raymond Norton, who was living in a quasi-protective custody unit in Souza Baranowski Correctional Center ("SBCC") in March 2015 when he was jumped by three fellow inmates. Prior to the attack, Norton told SBCC prison officials, including Appellant Michael Rodrigues, that the leader of a notorious...

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