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Case Name	Paszko v. O'Brien	PC-MA-0042
Docket / Court	1:15-cv-12298 ( D. Mass. )
State/Territory	Massachusetts
Case Type(s)	Prison Conditions
Attorney Organization	Prisoners' Legal Services of Massachusetts
Case Summary	Case summary not yet recorded compress summary

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Issues and Causes of Action

Issues

Constitutional Clause

Cruel and Unusual Punishment

Content of Injunction

Monitor/Master

Defendant-type

Corrections

General

Conditions of confinement

Record-keeping

Records Disclosure

Medical/Mental Health

Hepatitis

Medical care, general

Medication, administration of

Plaintiff Type

Private Plaintiff

Type of Facility

Government-run

Causes of Action

42 U.S.C. § 1983

Case Details


Defendant(s)	Massachusetts Department of Correction Massachusetts Partnership for Correctional Healthcare, LLC
Plaintiff Description	Massachusetts prisoners who are infected with the Hepatitis C virus.
Indexed Lawyer Organizations	Prisoners' Legal Services of Massachusetts
Class action status sought	Yes
Class action status granted	Yes
Filed Pro Se	No
Prevailing Party	Plaintiff
Public Int. Lawyer	Yes
Nature of Relief	Attorneys fees Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement
Source of Relief	Settlement
Form of Settlement	Court Approved Settlement or Consent Decree
Order Duration	2018 - 2020
Filed	06/10/2015
Case Ongoing	Yes

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Documents


Court	Docket(s)
D. Mass. 07/01/2019	1:15-cv-12298 PC-MA-0042-9000.pdf \| Detail Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
	General Documents
D. Mass. 06/10/2015	Complaint [ECF# 1] PC-MA-0042-0001.pdf \| Detail Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
D. Mass. 05/16/2016	Memorandum [in support of plaintiff's motion to amend complaint] [ECF# 33] PC-MA-0042-0002.pdf \| Detail Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
D. Mass. 05/16/2016	Memorandum [in support for plaintiffs' motion for class certification] [ECF# 35] PC-MA-0042-0003.pdf \| Detail Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
D. Mass. 07/26/2016	First Amended Class Action Complaint [ECF# 49] PC-MA-0042-0004.pdf \| Detail Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
D. Mass. 03/20/2018	Joint Motion to Approve Settlement Agreement [ECF# 94] PC-MA-0042-0005.pdf \| Detail Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

People


Judges	Gorton, Nathaniel M. (FISC, D. Mass.) show/hide docs PC-MA-0042-9000
Plaintiff's Lawyers	Kelston, David (Massachusetts) show/hide docs PC-MA-0042-0004 Pritchard, Tatum A. (Massachusetts) show/hide docs PC-MA-0042-9000 Schapiro, Rebecca K (Massachusetts) show/hide docs PC-MA-0042-9000 Shapiro, Jonathan (Massachusetts) show/hide docs PC-MA-0042-0001 \| PC-MA-0042-0004 \| PC-MA-0042-9000 Thompson, Joel (Massachusetts) show/hide docs PC-MA-0042-0001 \| PC-MA-0042-0002 \| PC-MA-0042-0003 \| PC-MA-0042-0004 \| PC-MA-0042-0005 \| PC-MA-0042-9000
Defendant's Lawyers	Benedon, Carrie M. (Massachusetts) show/hide docs PC-MA-0042-0005 \| PC-MA-0042-9000 Carpenter, Curtis L.S. (Massachusetts) show/hide docs PC-MA-0042-9000 Dietrick, Stephen G. (Massachusetts) show/hide docs PC-MA-0042-9000 DiGangi, Thomas Vincent (Massachusetts) show/hide docs PC-MA-0042-9000 Flanagan, William J. (Massachusetts) show/hide docs PC-MA-0042-9000 Hampton, J. David (Massachusetts) show/hide docs PC-MA-0042-9000 Hansen, Janna J. (Massachusetts) show/hide docs PC-MA-0042-0005 \| PC-MA-0042-9000 Hartnett, Timothy D. (Massachusetts) show/hide docs PC-MA-0042-9000 McLaughlin, Anne M (Massachusetts) show/hide docs PC-MA-0042-9000 Weigand, Tory A. (Massachusetts) show/hide docs PC-MA-0042-9000