Legal Opinion
Poirier v. Massachusetts Department of Correction
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided January 30, 2008No. Civil Action 06-10748-GAOPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
GEORGE A. O’TOOLE, District Judge.
The plaintiff, Melissa Poirier, brings this complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Massachusetts Department of Correction (“DOC”) and its Commissioner, Kathleen Dennehy, in both her individual and official capacities. Poirier, who had been employed by the DOC as a correction officer, claims that the defendants violated her constitutional right to maintain a “close, personal association” with a former inmate by terminating her employment because of that relationship pursuant to the DOC’s “Rules & Regulations Governing All Employees…
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