Matthews v. Rakiey

54 F.3d 908

Lloyd MATTHEWS, Plaintiff, Appellee,

v.

Paul RAKIEY, et al., Superintendent at MCI-Walpole,

Defendant, Appellant.

No. 94-2017.

United States Court of Appeals,

First Circuit.

Heard Feb. 9, 1995.

Decided May 8, 1995.

Linda Nutting Murphy, Asst. Atty. Gen., with whom Scott Harshbarger, Atty. Gen., Boston, MA, was on brief, for appellant.

Stephen Hrones, Boston, MA, orally, Lloyd Matthews, on brief pro se for appellee.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge, and STAHL, Circuit Judge.

STAHL, Circuit Judge.

1

Petitioner Lloyd Matthews was convicted in August 1987 in a Massachusetts…