Legal Opinion
Cavanagh v. Taranto
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided March 31, 2015No. Civil Action No. 12-10745-DPWPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
DOUGLAS P. WOODLOCK, District Judge.
On May 4, 2009, Gina Scopa, then a pretrial detainee at the Suffolk County House of Correction (“HOC”), committed suicide by hanging herself in her cell in the medical housing unit. Her son, Anthony Cavanagh,1 individually and as administrator of Ms. Scopa’s estate, initiated this suit against certain HOC administrators and correctional officers under the federal Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and certain state laws. As a result of motion to dismiss practice, the two administrator defendants were terminated from the case and several…
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