Cook v. State of RI

USCA1 Opinion

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT

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No. 93-1093

BONNIE COOK,

Plaintiff, Appellee,

v.

STATE OF RHODE ISLAND,

DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH, RETARDATION, AND HOSPITALS,

Defendant, Appellant.

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APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND

[Hon. Ernest C. Torres, U.S. District Judge]

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Before

Selya, Circuit Judge,

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Coffin, Senior Circuit Judge,

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and Barbadoro,* District Judge.

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John L.P. Brequet…