CANTELL v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION

SJC-12015.

475 Mass. 745 (2016)

ROBERT CANTELL & others v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

October 21, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bonita Tenneriello for the plaintiffs.

Sheryl F. Grant for the defendants.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

Amy Fettig & Jamelia N. Morgan , of the District of Columbia, Phillip Kassell , Matthew R. Segal , & Jessie J. Rossman for American Civil Liberties Union & others.

Ruth A. Bourquin , Deborah Harris , Margaret E. Monsell , & Jamie A. Sabino for Massachusetts Law Reform Institute & others.

Adam Sanders, pro se.

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


The named plaintiffs in this putative class action are inmates serving criminal sentences in various Massachusetts prison facilities. For varying lengths of time, each of them has been placed in a "special management unit" (SMU) in nondisciplinary administrative segregation. In January, 2012, the plaintiffs commenced this action against...

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