Legal Opinion
Donald Pearson v. Michael Fair
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 24, 1992No. 92-1043PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal, we review whether the district court erred in finding that plaintiffs — six inmates who are committed as sexually dangerous persons 1 at the Treatment Center for sexually dangerous persons at the Massachusetts Correctional Institute in Bridgewater (the Treatment Center) — were not “prevailing parties” entitled to attorney’s fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988.
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Since 1974, isolation of inmates at the Treatment Center has been governed by a Consent Decree and a Supplemental Consent Decree entered- by Judge Wyzanski in King v. Greenblatt, C.A. No. 72-788-MA. 2…
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