Legal Opinion
Hudson v. Dennehy
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided March 5, 2008No. 1:01-cv-12145PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FINDINGS OF FACT, RULINGS OF LAW, AND ORDER AFTER A NON-JURY TRIAL
STEARNS, District Judge.
On May 4, 2001, state prison inmates Mac Hudson and Derick Tyler, who adhere to the religious teachings of Elijah Muhammad and the Nation of Islam, brought this civil rights suit against Kathleen Dennehy, the Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Correction (DOC), and other DOC defendants, seeking money damages and declaratory and injunctive relief. Hudson and Tyler are incarcerated at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution — Cedar Junction (MCI-CJ), a maximum security prison in Walpole,…
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