United States First Circuit

In an action against a former governor of Massachusetts and former Attorney General in their personal capacities, seeking monetary damages under 42 U.S.C. section 1983, alleging defendants violated plaintiff's equal protection and due process rights because they refused to indemnify a punitive damages award, which plaintiff received in a federal civil rights action that he brought against individual state employees where were held responsible for restraining and beating him in a state mental hospital, the district court's grant of defendant's motion to dismiss is affirmed for failure to state a claim under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6).

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/18/2015
• Published 09/18/2015

Judges

• LIPEZ

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel