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· 11/10/1983

Royce v. Commissioner of Correction

Citations

  • 456 N.E.2d 1127
  • 390 Mass. 425
  • 1983 Mass. LEXIS 1751

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that plaintiff's claim that DOC was violating DOC regulations \properly stated a claim for declaratory relief\
  • reversing dismissal of prisoner pro se complaint for declaratory relief based on Commissioner of Correction's violation of regulation
  • “Once an agency has seen fit to promulgate regulations, it must comply with those regulations.”
  • “Once an agency has seen fit to promulgate regulations, it must comply with those regulations”
  • “At some point in time, confinement [in administrative segregation] . . . becomes unreasonable”
  • prison officials may not abuse discretion by confining inmates in restrictive housing under “awaiting action status” as means to accomplish punishment immune to procedures set forth in [former] DSU regulations

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Judges: Hennessey, Wilkins, Liacos, O'Connor

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