TRAPP v. RODEN

No. SJC-11863.

473 Mass. 210 (2015)

RANDALL TRAPP & another v. GARY RODEN & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Worcester.

November 23, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard C. McFarland for the defendants.

Jarrett M. Scarpaci for the plaintiffs.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae.

Maggie Ellen Filler for Prisoners' Legal Services.

Joel West Williams , of Pennsylvania, & Gabriel S. Galanda , of Washington, for Huy.

Yale Yechiel N. Robinson, pro se.

Present: GANTS, C.J., SPINA, CORDY, BOTSFORD, DUFFLY, LENK, & HINES, JJ.


Randall Trapp and Robert Ferreira, who are adherents of Native American religious practices, are both incarcerated at Department of Correction (DOC) facilities. In 2010, Trapp and Ferreira filed an amended complaint in the Superior Court contending, among other things, that the DOC's closure of the purification lodge

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