Legal Opinion
Ralph Rogers v. Michael Fair
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 30, 1990No. 89-1902PublishedCited by 223 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge.
This is an interlocutory appeal by various former officials of the Massachusetts prison system 1 from the partial denial of summary judgment and qualified immunity in a § 1983 suit brought by a state prisoner who alleges that he was denied a prison furlough because his furlough sponsors were Jewish. Because the prisoner has presented no evidence that statements allegedly made about the religious background of his sponsors influenced the furlough decision, we grant summary judgment for the defendant officials.
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Ralph Rogers was convicted of first degree murder and…
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