CIAMPI v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION

SJC-10099

452 Mass. 162 (2008)

DENNIS A. CIAMPI v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

August 15, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin A. Anahory (David J. Rentsch with him) for the defendants.

Marc H. Estrich for the plaintiff.

Peter J. Costanza for Massachusetts Correctional Legal Services, Inc., amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., GREANEY, IRELAND, SPINA, COWIN, CORDY, & BOTSFORD, JJ.


IRELAND, J.

The plaintiff, Dennis A. Ciampi, commenced an action in the nature of certiorari, G.L. c. 249, § 4, against the defendants challenging the validity of the Department of Correction's (department's) regulations and substance abuse policy that allow it to withdraw funds from a prisoner's savings and personal account to satisfy a restitution sanction in a disciplinary action. In his complaint he alleged, inter alia, that the seizure of his account violated...

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