Petition DENIED. (orders list)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 25, 2006.

Brief of respondent Massachusetts Department of Mental Retardation in opposition filed.

Order extending time to file response to petition to and including August 21, 2006.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 21, 2006)

Louis Newell, Petitioner, represented by Norman A. Pattis

Massachusetts Department of Mental Retardation, Respondent, represented by Ronald F. Kehoe