Legal Opinion
Cox v. Massachusetts Department of Correction
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided March 12, 2014No. Civil Action No. 13-10379-FDSPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS
SAYLOR, District Judge.
This is a civil rights and tort action brought by a mentally disabled prisoner. Plaintiff William Cox alleges that the Massachusetts Department of Correction (“DOC”) lacks a proper mental-health facility and places vulnerable, mentally ill prisoners among violent inmates, and that as a result he has suffered sexual abuse in violation of his constitutional rights.
On February 25, 2013, Cox filed a complaint against DOC; Harold W. Clarke, former Commissioner of DOC; Luis S. Spencer, Commissioner of DOC; Steven J.…
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