Jackson v. Russo

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS AND PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

STEARNS, District Judge.

BACKGROUND

Plaintiff Sam A. Jackson, Jr., is an inmate at the Souza Baranowski Correctional Center (SBCC) in Shirley, Massachusetts. Defendant Lois Russo is the Superintendent of SBCC. Defendant Ryan M. Carney is SBCC’s Institutional Grievance Officer (IGO). Jackson’s lawsuit involves prison regulations that govern the ways in which Massachusetts inmates receive vocational training, are assigned to prison jobs, and in some instances, compensated with a modest wage and an…