Legal Opinion
Ahearn v. Vose
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided September 2, 2005No. 04-P-262PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKafker, J.
The plaintiffs, inmates at the Southeastern Correctional Center (SECC), are pursuing 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claims seeking monetary damages against two superintendents of the SECC and two Commissioners of the Massachusetts Department of Correction (DOC)3 because of the failure to provide flush toilets in the prison cells and the use instead of unsanitary chemical “Pak-A-Potties” and utility sinks. A Superior Court judge allowed the defendants’ motion for summary judgment on the ground of qualified immunity.
Background. A. Facts. The facts, when viewed in the light most favorable to the plaintiffs,…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Farmer v. BrennanSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Anderson v. CreightonSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Board of the County Commissioners of Bryan County v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Rhodes v. ChapmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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3Cited by4 opinions
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