Tibbs v. Silva

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS JEROME TIBBS, * * Petitioner, * * v. * Civil Action No. 19-cv-12023-IT * STEVE SILVA, * * Respondent. * ORDER January 7, 2020 TALWANI, D.J. Pro se Petitioner Jerome Tibbs, who is a state pretrial detainee, has filed a Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus [#1] under

28 U.S.C. § 2241

(“§ 2241”). He alleges therein that the conditions of confinement to which he has been subjected as a pretrial detainee at Souza- Baranowski Correctional Center (“SBCC”) amount to punishment and therefore violate his rights under the Fourteenth Amendment.…