Legal Opinion
Cepulonis v. Commissioner of Correction
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided February 11, 1983PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
Cepulonis commenced this case by a pro se complaint which named as defendants the Commissioner of Correction, three members of a prison disciplinary board (board), and a correction officer. We construe the complaint as seeking review in the nature of certiorari under G. L. c. 249, § 4, of a December 9, 1976, finding of the board that Cepulonis possessed escape equipment. He requested that the finding be invalidated and expunged from his record and that the sanction imposed by the board be rescinded. Counsel was appointed in the Superior Court to present the case for Cepulonis. After a…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Preiser v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- William Chavis v. Charles J. Rowe, Director, Illinois Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1981
- Boston Edison Co. v. Boston Redevelopment AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Cohen v. Board of Registration in PharmacyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1966
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Superintendent, Mass. Correctional Institution at Walpole v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Nelson v. Commissioner of CorrectionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Kenney v. Commissioner of CorrectionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Hill v. Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional InstitutionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Lamoureux v. Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional InstitutionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
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