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Fifth Circuit: Habeas Petition Challenging Recent Parole Denial Not Considered Successive

Loaded on July 15, 2011 by Matthew Clarke published in Prison Legal News July, 2011, page 26
Filed under: Sentencing, Ex Post Facto, Parole, Habeas Corpus. Location: Texas.
by Matt Clarke

On April 1, 2009, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order holding that a federal habeas corpus petition challenging procedures used to deny parole at a parole hearing which occurred after a previous habeas petition had been filed was not a successive petition.

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