Legal Opinion
Ewing v. Others
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided February 20, 2018No. 17–P–429Published
1Opinion of the Court
The plaintiff, who at all relevant times was an inmate in the custody of the Massachusetts Department of Correction, filed this action under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1985, and 1988 alleging that the defendants violated, and conspired to violate, his civil rights by acting with deliberate indifference to his medical needs. A Superior Court judge dismissed the complaint under Mass.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6), 365 Mass. 754 (1974), for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. The plaintiff appeals.
The complaint alleges the following facts, which we accept as true. See Goodwin v. Lee Pub.…
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