Legal Opinion

DARIUS GIBSON v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION & Others.

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided October 22, 2025No. 23-P-1048Published

1Opinion of the Court

APPEALS COURT

DARIUS GIBSON vs. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION & others.[1]

Docket:

23-P-1048

Dates:

November 21, 2024 – October 22, 2025

Present:

Massing, Henry, & Grant, JJ.

County:

Worcester

Keywords:

Commissioner of Correction. Massachusetts Civil Rights Act. Administrative Law, Regulations. Regulation. Declaratory Relief. Practice, Civil, Declaratory proceeding, Injunctive relief, Motion to dismiss, Standing. Governmental Immunity. Constitutional Law, Imprisonment, Regulation, Access to court proceedings, Cruel and unusual punishment.

Civil action commenced in the Superior Court Department on June 30,…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Farmer v. BrennanSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  2. Lewis v. CaseySupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  3. Hafer v. MeloSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  4. Irving v. DormireCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2008
  5. Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, Inc. v. BlakeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994

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