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DC Circuit: Qualified Immunity for Retroactive U.S. Parole Commission Regulations
Loaded on Aug. 15, 2013
published in Prison Legal News
August, 2013, page 48
The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (DC) Circuit has affirmed a district court's grant of qualified immunity to U.S. Parole Commission officials related to the retroactive application of parole regulations.In 1993, Melvin Taylor was convicted of criminal charges in DC and sentenced to a maximum term …
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