Legal Opinion
Scarpa v. Ponte
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided July 2, 1986No. Civ. A. 83-0185-WPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
WOLF, District Judge.
Plaintiff Nazzaro Scarpa, a prisoner at Massachusetts Correctional Institute at Walpole (“M.C.I., Walpole”), has brought this action against Joseph Ponte, Superintendent of M.C.I., Walpole, and Francis Millette, Steven Goldrick, and Richard England, the three members of a prison disciplinary board that sentenced Scarpa to ten days in isolation for writing an allegedly disrespectful and threatening letter to defendant Ponte. Scarpa claims that defendants violated his free speech rights under the First Amendment and his due process rights under…
2Cases cited38 opinions
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3Cited by11 opinions
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