Commissioner of Correction v. Myers

This case was reported to the Appeals Court pursuant to G. L. c. 231, § 111, and Mass. R. Civ. P. 64, 365 Mass. 831 (1974), because the judge below found that it raised novel and important questions of law. This court granted the plaintiffs’ application for direct appellate review.

We first consider whether certain factual developments render the case moot. We determine that they do not. Thus, we must decide whether the Superior Court’s order compelling an unconsenting, competent, adult prisoner to submit to life-saving hemodialysis treatments and related medications is consistent with the…