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Bel v. Chernoff

District Court, D. Massachusetts

Decided March 13, 1975No. Civ. A. 74-2814-TPublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

TAURO, District Judge.

This civil action, brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, seeks to enjoin on constitutional grounds the operation of Mass.Gen.Laws Ann. ch. 127, § 133 1 which requires a prisoner, convicted of certain violent crimes, to serve two-thirds of the sentence imposed before becoming eligible for parole. Persons convicted of crimes not covered by the challenged statute are required to serve only one-third of the sentence imposed before becoming eligible for parole. 2

Plaintiff is presently confined at Massachusetts Correctional Institution (M. C.I.) at…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. McGinnis v. RoysterSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Warden v. MarreroSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  3. Albert Lopez Gallego v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1960
  4. Charles C. Allison v. Robert C. Froehlke, Secretary of the ArmyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
  5. Stanley Halprin v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1961

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. JacksonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
  2. Commonwealth v. NassarMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
  3. State v. PerkinsArizona Supreme Court · 1985
  4. Commonwealth v. HoganMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1983
  5. Commonwealth v. McQuoidMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976

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