Murray v. Massachusetts Parole Board

In 1982, the petitioner was convicted of armed robbery and escape, and sentenced to consecutive periods of incarceration. His sentences were to be served from and after sentences he was, and still is, serving in Federal prison in connection with offenses committed in the District of Columbia.2 In 2003, he was granted parole from Federal prison, but declined to be released because he did not want to return to Massachusetts to serve his “from and after” sentences.

In the county court, he essentially sought an order directing the Massachusetts Parole Board (board) to aggregate his Massachusetts…