Legal Opinion
Bennett v. Commonwealth of MA
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 9, 1995No. 95-1281PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Per curiam
In this pending civil rights action, the District Attorney for Suffolk County in Massachusetts seeks to appeal from an order mandating that various investigative materials in his possession be disclosed to plaintiffs. Because we lack jurisdiction to entertain such an interlocutory challenge to a discovery order, the appeal will be dismissed.
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The underlying action arises out of the investigation of Willie Bennett for the murder of Carol DiMaiti Stuart. Eight relatives and acquaintances of Bennett complain of unlawful searches of their homes and seizures of their persons and property in…
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