Cepulonis v. Maloney

The plaintiff, Richard Cepulonis, is presently incarcerated at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution Cedar Junction in Walpole, Massachusetts (MCI-CJ). Plaintiff filed this action pro se on February 11, 2002 against Michael T. Maloney as Commissioner of the Department of Correction. In this action the plaintiff seeks a declaratoiy judgment for an Interpretation of G.L.c. 124, §1, which requires the defendant to “establish, maintain and administer programs of rehabilitation.” The plaintiff also requests a writ of mandamus ordering the defendant to cany out the duties imposed under the…