Legal Opinion
Norman Knight v. Mark J. Mills, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 29, 1987No. 87-1156PublishedCited by 134 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARTH, Senior Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant, Norman Knight (“Knight”) is a psychiatric patient at the Bridgewater Treatment Center (the “Treatment Center”) who has been involuntarily committed for a period of one-day-to-life as a sexually dangerous person (“SDP”) pursuant to Mass.Gen.L. ch. 123A, §§ 1, 6 (1984). Knight brought this action against defendants-appellees Mark J. Mills (“Mills”), formerly the Massachusetts Commissioner of Mental Health, and Richard Boucher (“Boucher”), the Treatment Center’s Chief Administrator, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Knight sought money damages as well as a…
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