Legal Opinion
Doucette v. Massachusetts Parole Board
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided October 29, 2014No. AC 13-P-149PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSullivan, J.
Charles Doucette appeals from the dismissal of his complaint challenging the decision of the Massachusetts Parole Board (board) revoking his parole. Doucette proceeds on two fronts — a civil rights claim asserting that the board violated due process in the conduct of the revocation proceedings, and a claim in the nature of certiorari seeking review of the merits of the board’s decision. See 42 U.S.C. § 1983; G. L. c. 249, § 4. We conclude that the procedural irregularities in the revocation proceedings do not rise to the level of a due process violation, and that the revocation decision was…
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