Legal Opinion
Bolton v. Krantz
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided March 14, 2002No. 98-P-1416PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRapoza, J.
We must determine here where a prison inmate “lives” within the meaning of G. L. c. 223, § 1, the venue statute for transitory actions.2 We conclude that, for purpose of *194the statute, an inmate “lives” both in the county where he maintains his domicile and in the county in which he is incarcerated at the time suit is brought.
Stephen Bolton, a State prisoner serving a sentence at MCI Norfolk, brought suit in Middlesex Superior Court against James Krantz, an employee of the Massachusetts Department of Correction who managed the unit in which Bolton was housed. Bolton sought a declaratory…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Leroy v. Great Western United Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Meir Kahane, Plaintiff-Petitioner-Appellee v. Norman Carlson, Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Defendants-Respondents-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
- Sampson v. SampsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
- Levanosky v. LevanoskyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
- Hastings v. Commissioner of CorrectionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
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3Cited by3 opinions
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- Zampier v. HubbardMassachusetts Superior Court · 2005