United States First Circuit

In a former inmate's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against the county sheriff, alleging that the sheriff's negligent maintenance of the correctional facility caused him physical injuries and that the sheriff intentionally or with deliberate indifference denied plaintiff proper medical care, district court's grant of defendant's motion for summary judgment is affirmed and the district court did not abuse its discretion in its entry of a protective order preventing plaintiff from deposing the sheriff.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/14/2010
• Published 05/14/2010

Judges

• STAHL, Circuit Judge., Before TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, SOUTER, Associate Justice, and STAHL, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Edward J. McCormick, III, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Mary Jo Harris with whom Robert P. Morris and Morgan, Brown & Joy, LLP, were on brief for appellee Hodgson.