Ford v. Clarke

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER ON PARTIES’ MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

DEIN, United States Magistrate Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

The plaintiff, Albert Ford (“Ford”), has brought this action challenging his confinement in the Departmental Disciplinary Unit (“DDU”) at MCI-Cedar Junction while a pretrial detainee and, later, as a convicted felon serving his sentence. The remaining defendants (collectively, the “DOC defendants”) are the Deputy Commissioner of Correction, James Bender (“Bender”), and the Superintendent of MCI-Cedar Junction, Peter St. Amand (“St. Amand”), in their official and…