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DOE BY ROE v. GAUGHAN

Civ. A. No. 82-3811-C.

617 F.Supp. 1477 (1985)

John DOE, by His Mother and Next Friend, Mary ROE, and Christopher Hansen, on Behalf of Themselves and All Other Individuals Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, v. Charles W. GAUGHAN, in His Capacity as Superintendent of Bridgewater State Hospital, Michael Fair, in His Capacity as Commissioner of Correction, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

September 23, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fine & Ambrogne, Roderick MacLeish, Jr., Boston, Mass., John L. Ciardi, Susan B. Tuchman, for plaintiffs.

Alexander G. Gray, Asst. Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., for defendant Michael S. Dukakis.

John W. Bishop, Jr., Spec. Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Correction, Boston, Mass., for defendants Fair & Gaughan and King.

MEMORANDUM

CAFFREY, Chief Judge.

This is a civil matter which was tried to the Court sitting non-jury. The plaintiffs, John Doe and Christopher Hansen, respectively are a present and a former patient of Bridgewater State Hospital ("Bridgewater") in Bridgewater Massachusetts. The defendants are Charles W. Gaughan, superintendent of Bridgewater, and Michael Fair, the Massachusetts Commissioner of Correction. The plaintiffs contend that the circumstances of...

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