SAVINO v. SOUZA

CIVIL ACTION NO. 20-10617-WGY.

459 F.Supp.3d 317 (2020)

Maria Alejandra Celimen SAVINO, Julio Cesar Medeiros Neves, and all those similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Petitioners, v. Steven J. SOUZA, Superintendent of Bristol County House of Correction in his official capacity, Defendant-Respondent.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

Filed May 12, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ivan Espinoza-Madrigal , Pro Hac Vice, Oren N. Nimni , Oren M. Sellstrom , Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice, Annaleigh E. Curtis , Gary B. Howell-Walton , John J. Butts , Lisa J. Pirozzolo , Rama S. Attreya , Vinita Ferrera , Felicia H. Ellsworth , Michael J. Brown , Nicole M.F. Dooley , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and DOIT LLP, Boston, MA, Muneer I. Ahmad , Pro Hac Vice, Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization, Yale Law School, Reena Parikh , Pro Hac Vice, Michael J. Wishnie , Yale Law School, New Haven, CT, for Plaintiffs-Petitioners.

Michael P. Sady , Thomas E. Kanwit , United States Attorney's Office, Boston, MA, for Defendant-Respondent.


MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

I. INTRODUCTION

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