Breest v. Verdini

On April 21, 2000, the plaintiff, Robert Breest (“Breest”), an inmate at MCI-Shirley, was found guilty by defendant Sgt. Karen Collins (“Sgt. Collins”), the Disciplinary Hearing Officer, of having been involved in a short physical altercation with fellow inmate Charles Turner on April 6, 2000. As a result of the guilty finding, Breest was given a sanction of ten days in isolation, but that time was deemed served by the ten days he had spent in the Special Management Unit while on Awaiting Action status. Breest has brought this complaint in the nature of certiorari under G.L.c. 249, §4,…