Gonzalez v. Commissioner of Correction

O’Connor,

J. Roman Gonzalez and Floyd Finer commenced this action in the Superior Court in September, 1987. Their complaint, which characterized the action as a class action on behalf of all inmates at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Shirley (M.C.I. Shirley), challenged the Federal and State constitutionality of the urinalysis drug-testing program at that facility. When the action was filed, Gonzalez and Finer were incarcerated at M.C.I. Shirley. On April 11, 1988, Finer was transferred to a different facility, and on December 12, 1988, he was released from custody. Gonzalez was…