Legal Opinion
Guy L. Smith, Jr. v. Massachusetts Department of Correction
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 25, 1991No. 90-1908PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Guy Smith, a black male presently serving a lengthy sentence for armed robbery, appeals pro se from the dismissal of his civil rights complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief might be granted. The complaint named as defendants the Massachusetts Department of Corrections (DOC), former DOC Commissioner Michael Fair, seven employees of the North Central Correctional Institution (NCCI) at Gardner (Superintendent Bender, disciplinary officer Geoffrey, internal security officers Jones and Dean, and three members of a prison disciplinary board), 1 and…
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