Baggett v. Ashe

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER REGARDING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT OR, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT (Dkt. Nos. 156 & 171)

PONSOR, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff Debra Baggett represents a class of 178 former and current inmates of the Western Regional Women’s Correctional Center, who have brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Defendants Michael Ashe, Jr., Hampden County Sheriff, and Patricia Murphy, Assistant Superintendent.1 Plaintiff claims that Defendants’ policy of permitting male officers to videotape…