Legal Opinion
LaChance v. Commissioner of Correction
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 27, 2012PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDubfly, J.
The plaintiff, Edmund LaChance, is an inmate at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center (SBCC) in Shirley. From January to November, 2006, LaChance was held in administrative segregation in the SBCC special management unit (SMU) on awaiting action status, as prison officials sought his transfer or reclassification. During that time, his detainment was given the periodic, informal review provided by the Department of Correction (DOC) regulations that govern detention of inmates in an SMU. Claiming that he was entitled to the review procedures provided by regulation to inmates housed in a…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Will v. Michigan Department of State PoliceSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Sandin v. ConnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Kentucky Department of Corrections v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Wilkinson v. AustinSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
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3Cited by21 opinions
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