Barrett v. DuBois

Plaintiff Frank Barrett, an inmate in the custody of the Department of Correction, brought the present action complaining of alleged irregularities in the conduct of a disciplinary hearing. He also complains that the disciplinary sanction imposed amounts to four years in “isolation” in violation of the limitation placed by G.L.c. 127, §40. Defendants have filed a motion to dismiss or in the alternative for summary judgment on the ground that plaintiffs complaints with respect to the disciplinary proceedings are time-barred and that, as a matter of law, the Department Disciplinary Unit to…