McCAULEY v. SUPERINTENDENT, MASSACHUSETTS CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION, NORFOLK

SJC-13296.

491 Mass. 571 (2023)

MARTIN McCAULEY v. SUPERINTENDENT, MASSACHUSETTS CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION, NORFOLK, & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.

April 3, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey G. Harris , for the plaintiff.

Stephanie M. Caffrey , for the defendants.

Mara Voukydis , Committee for Public Counsel Services, Tatum A. Pritchard , Jacob Addelson , David Milton , Lauren Petit , & Ada Lin , for Prisoners' Legal Services of Massachusetts & others, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: Budd, C.J., Gaziano, Lowy, Cypher, Kafker, Wendlandt, & Georges, JJ.


Martin McCauley, the plaintiff, is a sixty-six year old man serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole for his conviction of murder in the first degree. He petitioned for medical parole under G. L. c. 127, § 119A (§ 119A or statute), and the Commissioner of Correction (commissioner) denied his petition. After...

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