Legal Opinion
Messere v. Fair
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided August 8, 1990No. Civ. A. 89-1496-WDPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
WOODLOCK, District Judge.
Plaintiff Joseph A. Messere brought this civil rights action against officials of the Massachusetts Department of Correction (collectively, the “DOC”), claiming that the DOC violated his civil rights by acts connected with an allegedly retaliatory transfer from MCI-Cedar Junction (“Walpole”) to other prisons in Massachusetts and Connecticut. As part of a settlement agreement, the parties stipulated to the dismissal of all but Count XII of the First Amended Complaint. Count XII sets forth allegations that Messere, an inmate and jailhouse lawyer, was…
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