Littles v. Commissioner of Correction

The plaintiffs, Robert Littles and Kevin Kempt, each filed a civil rights complaint, which were consolidated in *872the Superior Court, against the commissioner of correction and other prison officials. The plaintiffs sought damages pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2000), alleging violation of their Federal and State constitutional rights to due process of law, as well as violation of art. 26 of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights (cruel or unusual punishment), with respect to the conditions and duration of their confinement in administrative segregation.3 Essentially, the plaintiffs claim that…