This is an action for damages under General Laws Chapter 149, § 185, arising from egregious conduct by the Sex Offender Registry Baord ("SORB" or "the Board">, its agents and representatives, in retaliating against Plaintiff, Attilio Paglia, for 1)refusing to act in violation of duly promulgated laws, regulations, and ethical and legal rules, and 2) subsequently disclosing or threatening to disclose conduct that contravened estalbished law, regulations, and/or ethical canons.  Plaintiff also seeks a writ of mandamus, under Gen.L. Ch. 249, § 5, instructing the SORB to do what is is compelled by law and regulation to do: publish the decisions in which Plaintiff acted as Hearing Examiner under the statute and finalized a determination in writing for publiction.