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DINKINS v. MASSACHUSETTS PAROLE BOARD

SJC-12882.

486 Mass. 605 (2021)

WILLIAM DINKINS, JR., & another v. MASSACHUSETTS PAROLE BOARD.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

January 19, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ryan M. Schiff ( Lisa Newman-Polk also present) for the plaintiffs.

Jennifer K. Zalnasky , Assistant Attorney General, for the defendant.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

Jeffrey G. Harris for Committee for Public Counsel Services & another.

James R. Pingeon for Prisoners' Legal Services of Massachusetts.

Patricia Garin for Northeastern University School of Law Prisoners' Assistance Project & others.

Present: LENK, LOWY, BUDD, CYPHER, & KAFKER, JJ.

The issues presented on appeal are whether 120 Code Mass. Regs. § 200.08(3)(c) (2017) (regulation), which concerns parole eligibility for inmates sentenced to a prison term that runs consecutive to a life sentence, conflicts with the statutory framework governing parole, violates due process or separation of powers principles, or...

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