Hudson et al v. Spencer et al
| Mac S. Hudson, Faradan Ibn Salahuddin, Edgar Rock, Keon Godfrey, Raymond Colon, John Hullums, Abdul J. Lopez, James Bell, Ralph Brown, Evans Mahon, Michael Perez and James Ellerbe |
| Luis S. Spencer, Christopher Mitchell, Bruce Gelb, Karen Dinardo, Christine Larkins and Lois Russo |
| 1:2011cv12173 |
| December 8, 2011 |
| US District Court for the District of Massachusetts |
| Boston Office |
| Middlesex |
| Nathaniel M. Gorton |
| Civil Rights |
| 42 U.S.C. ยง 1983 |
| Plaintiff |
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Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton: MEMORANDUM AND ORDER entered. For the foregoing reasons, the motion to dismiss of defendants (Docket No. 463 ), as to plaintiffs Mac Hudson, Ralph Brown, Raymond Colon and Umar Salahuddin, is ALLOWED.The plea ding filed by plaintiff Mac Hudson on September 2, 2022, (Docket No. 467 ), is treated as a motion to deny defendants motion to dismiss and is DENIED.Defendants and the remaining plaintiffs are instructed to file an updated notice to t he Court on or before April 14, 2023, regarding the status of their settlement negotiations and readiness for trial. As previously noted, the case will be reassigned to another judicial officer in the event that the parties plan to proceed to trial unless the parties petition otherwise and the Court concurs. See Local Rule 40.1(k)(2).So ordered. (Warnock, Douglas)
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Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton: ORDER entered. Accordingly, defendants motion for reconsideration (Docket No. 422 ) is ALLOWED but, upon such reconsideration, the subject costs are, again, awarded to plaintiffs. So ordered. (McDonagh, Christina)
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420
Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton: MEMORANDUM AND ORDER entered. For the foregoing reasons, defendants motion for summary judgment (Docket No. 314 ) is ALLOWED and plaintiffs crossmotion for summary judgment (Docket No. 333 ) is DENIED. Notwithstanding this order, in an effort to resolve any lingering dispute, the Court DIRECTS the continuation of: 1) collaboration between the NOI inmates and MCI-Concord personnel to accommodate the religious exercise of NOI inma tes, an example of which has been the allowance of Thursday prayer sessions under intermittent supervision; 2) efforts by Chaplain Curet, the NOI religious volunteer candidates and the Director of Volunteer Services at MCI-Concord to retain th e services of religious volunteers to supervise the NOI inmates congregational worship; and 3) compliance with its prior Memorandum & Order (Docket No. 340 ) which requires the Department of Corrections, when at all possible, to provide plaintiffs access to televised recordings with sounds and images of Jumuah services led by an appropriate chaplain whenever the NOI chaplain is unavailable to conduct in-person Jumuah services. So Ordered. (McDonagh, Christina)
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Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton: MEMORANDUM & ORDER entered granting in part and denying in part 314 Motion for Summary Judgment; granting in part and denying in part 333 Motion for Summary Judgment (Danieli, Chris)
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Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton: ORDER entered denying 69 "Motion to Have Defendants Counsel Accept Service on Behalf of Defendant or Alternatively to be Issued Appropriate Summons to Make Service" except that the Clerk shall issue summonses fo r service of the first amended complaint on the two new defendants: Jaileen Hopkins and Dale Bissonnette; granting 67 "Motion for Appointment of Counsel." Plaintiffs must continue to proceed pro se until such time as pro bono counsel ca n be secured on their behalf, if at all. Although the Court is not entering an order for defendants counsel to accept service on behalf of any, or all, of the defendants, counsel is free to file a notice that they will accept such service.This matter is referred to the Court's Pro Bono Coordinators to attempt to secure counsel willing to represent plaintiffs without compensation The Pro Bono Coordinator shall, by April 30, 2014, report to the Court the result of such effort. The Clerk sha ll send the summonses, first amended complaint, and this Order to plaintiff Mac Hudson, who must thereafter serve defendants Jaileen Hopkins and Dale Bissonnette in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(m). Mac Hudson may elect to have service made by the United States Marshals Service. Notwithstanding Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(m) and Local Rule 4.1, the plaintiffs shall have 120 days from the date of this Order to complete service.(PSSA, 4)
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Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton: ORDER entered. ORDER ON REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS Action on motion: ; granting 31 Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim; denying 38 Motion for Default Judgment; denying 38 Motion to Compel; denying [ 39] Motion to Stay; adopting Report and Recommendations re 45 Report and Recommendations. "After consideration of Plaintiffs' objection thereto (Docket No. 46 ), Report and Recommendation is accepted and adopted."(Moore, Kellyann)
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