District Court, D. Massachusetts September 30, 2010, Civil Action 07-11457-JGD (Ford v. Clarke)

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER ON PARTIES’ MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

DEIN, United States Magistrate Judge.

I.

INTRODUCTION

The plaintiff, Albert Ford (“Ford”), has brought this action challenging his confinement in the Departmental Disciplinary Unit (“DDU”) at MCI-Cedar Junction while a pretrial detainee and, later, as a convicted felon serving his sentence.