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Lynch v. Hubbard

District Court, D. Massachusetts

Decided April 15, 1999No. Civil Action 97-12458-GAOPublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

O’TOOLE, District Judge.

Pro se plaintiffs Kevin Lynch and Kevin Babineau are currently incarcerated in the Massachusetts Correctional Facility at Shirley, Massachusetts. Each is eligible for parole and has been denied parole at least once. Lynch and Babineau filed this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (“section 1983”), seeking a declaratory’judgment that one of the Massachusetts statutes governing parole of state prisoners, Mass. Gen.Laws ch. 127, § 130, is unconstitutionally vague (Count I), and that the Massachusetts Parole Board denied them due process by allowing crime…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Heck v. HumphreySupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  2. Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Ex Parte YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
  4. Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. HaldermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  5. Sandin v. ConnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1995

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Diatchenko v. District Attorney for the Suffolk District Commonwealth v. RoberioMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
  2. Wilborn v. WalshDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2008
  3. Fox v. LappinDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2006
  4. Dabrieo v. Massachusetts Parole BoardDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2015
  5. Diatchenko v. District Attorney for the Suffolk District Commonwealth v. RoberioMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015

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