Legal Opinion
Tyler v. Massachusetts
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided November 7, 2013No. Civil Action No. 13-11988-RGSPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS
STEARNS, District Judge.
The plaintiff was victimized by Jamie Melendez. When plaintiff was fourteen years of age and Melendez nineteen, the two engaged in sexual relations to which the underage plaintiff could not validly consent. Plaintiff became pregnant by Melendez and gave birth to his biological child. In September of 2011, Melendez pled guilty to four counts of statutory rape in violation of Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 265, § 23. A judge of the Massachusetts Superior Court sentenced Melendez to sixteen-years probation. Among the conditions of…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Younger v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Will v. Michigan Department of State PoliceSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Ex Parte YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. HaldermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Tyler v. Supreme Judicial Court of Mass.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2019
- Town of Barnstable v. BerwickDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2014
- Tyler v. Supreme Judicial Court of Mass.District Court, District of Columbia · 2018
- Watson v. OrdonezDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2018
- Archer Avelin v. Swansea Police Department; Town of Swansea, Massachusetts; The Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Mapfre Insurance; Jonathan Estrella; Conor Levesque; and Mark FoleyDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2026
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