Piggott v. DuBois | Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse

Case Profile		new search page permalink

Case Name	Piggott v. DuBois	PC-MA-0020
Docket / Court	92-3777 ( State Court )
State/Territory	Massachusetts
Case Type(s)	Prison Conditions
Case Summary	Case summary not yet recorded This was a lawsuit against the Massachusetts Department of Corrections in the Suffolk Superior Court. On May 18, 1993, the court entered an order involving earned good time credit for inmates participating in counseling programs. We have no further information in this case. compress summary

- click to show/hide ALL -

Issues and Causes of Action

Issues

General

Counseling

Good time

Plaintiff Type

Private Plaintiff

Type of Facility

Government-run

Causes of Action

Case Details


Defendant(s)	Massachusetts Department of Corrections
Plaintiff Description	inmates under the custody of the Massachussettes department of corrections who were participating in counseling programs
Class action status sought	Unknown
Class action status granted	Unknown
Prevailing Party	Plaintiff
Public Int. Lawyer	Unknown
Nature of Relief	Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement
Source of Relief	Litigation
Order Duration	1993 - n/a
Case Ongoing	Unknown

Additional Resources


	Civil Rights Injunctions Over Time: A Case Study of Jail and Prison Court Orders N.Y.U. Law Review Date: May 2006 By: Margo Schlanger (Washington University Faculty) Citation: 81 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 550 (2006) [ Detail ] [ PDF ] [ External Link ]
	Judicial Policy Making and the Modern State: How the Courts Reformed America's Prisons Book Date: Jan. 1, 1998 By: Malcolm M. Feeley & Edward Rubin (UC Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law & Vanderbilt School of Law Faculty Faculty) Citation: (1998) [ Detail ]

Documents

Docket(s)

No docket sheet currently in the collection

General Documents

No documents currently in the collection

People