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Article • May 15, 2007
$8,500 Paid in WA DOC Wrongful Warrant/Arrest Suit by John H. Queener was arrested on May 9, 1989, as the result of a standard warrant search during a traffic stop. The warrant was issued on January 16, 1986 by the Washington State Department of Corrections Community Supervision Office. However, on …
Reduced Likelihood of Parole Does Not constitute a Penalty by The First Circuit Court of Appeals determined that refusal to participate in sex treatment program merits reduced likelihood of parole and did not constitute as a penalty. Wayne Ainsworth a convicted New Hampshire prisoner, sex offender who had been admitted …
Parolee Sex Offender Classification Without Conviction Requires Heightened Procedural Safeguards by by Bob Williams The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit has held that sex offender classification requires more due process for parolees than for incarcerated prisoners, but failed to delineate what process is due. In 1987, …
Article • May 15, 2007
Parole Review Challenge Cognizable under Federal Habeas Statute by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that federal habeas corpus is a proper remedy for prisoner seeking only equitable relief and challenging aspects of their parole review of that... could potentially affect the duration of their confinement. Montana prisoner Leland …
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Sentencing, Parole
Pre-Release Recession of Parole Allowed if Parole Not a Right by The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, affirming the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, held that recession of Ohio prisoners' paroles prior to release from prison without notice or opportunity for a hearing did not …
Article • May 15, 2007
Unconstitutional to Hold Wisconsin Prisoner Beyond Mandatory Release Date by by Matthew T. Clarke Wisconsin court of appeals held that Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC) officials who held a prisoner beyond his mandatory release date (MRD) violated the prisoner's Eighth Amendment rights. James Allen, a former Wisconsin state prisoner, became …
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Sentencing, Parole
WA Parole Board Must Adhere to Its Own Procedures by The Supreme Court of Washington held that the state parole board is required to give written findings when not granting parole under the Washington Administrative Code Title 381, rule 5.170 (WAC). Five Washington state prisoners filed a personal restraint petition …
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Searches, Drug Testing, Parole
Federal Probation Officers Can't Order Probationers to Drug Treatment by Manuel Carrera, a federal prisoner in Puerto Rico, was sentenced to five years' supervised release after completing a 78-month prison sentence for drug sales. As a condition of his release, the district court directed Carrera's probation officer to set up …
Article • May 15, 2007
IL Prisoner Fails to Show Unreasonable Application of Federal Law on Habeas Review by IL Prisoner Fails to Show Unreasonable Application of Federal Law on Habeas Review Andrew Lockhart, an Illinois state prisoner, pled guilty to murder. He received a 35-year prison sentence and 3 years' mandatory supervision release (MSR). …
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Complaints, Sentencing, Parole
Criminal History Trumps Reporter Liability For Denial Of Parole by Kansas state prisoner Thomas Lamb filed a State Court complaint against Tony Rizzo, a newspaper reporter, alleging libel for published articles containing alleged "lies and false information" which caused Lamb to be denied parole. Rizzo removed the case to the …
NJ Prisoner's § 1983 Action Against Parole Board and Its Agents Dismissed as Incognizable by NJ Prisoner's § 1983 Action Against Parole Board and Its Agents Dismissed as Incognizable In 1997, John Williams was a New Jersey state parolee. His parole officer arrested him for changing jobs without permission and …
Retroactive Federal DNA Testing for Parolees Upheld by The federal statute requiring DNA samples from everybody on supervised release was retroactively applicable to all persons who were on supervised release when it was enacted. This retroactive application did not deny due process or the Ex Post Facto Clause and was …
Article • May 15, 2007
Habeas Required to Challenge Abuse Parole Arrest by The plaintiff's allegations of an abusive and improper arrest by parole officers and an improper parole violation hearing may not be pursued under § 1983 because he is incarcerated after having had his parole revoked. The court does not distinguish finely among …
Article • May 15, 2007
Court Rejects Challenge to West Virginia Parole Denial by In West Virginia, the state Supreme Court says parole is a liberty interest. However, the Fourth Circuit says that only "minimal procedure" is required--at most, a statement of reasons for parole denial. (629) The fact that the petitioner's parole hearing was …
Sex Offender Treatment for Release Claim Rejected by The plaintiff complained that denial of parole because of his refusal to participate in a sex offender program violated the Ex Post Facto Clause. His claim is rejected. His term of incarceration has not yet expired, so he is not being subjected …
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Sentencing, Parole
Challenge to D.C. Parole Practices Rejected by The D.C. parole statute does not create a liberty interest in obtaining parole. Federal statute requires that the U.S. Parole Commission, which took over the D.C. Parole Board's responsibilities, follow the rules of the latter, but it also has the power to amend …
Article • May 15, 2007
Sixth Circuit Allows § 1983 Challenge to Ohio Parole Procedures by Sixth Circuit Allows § 1983 Challenge to Ohio Parole Procedures Abrogating prior, unpublished precedents, the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed dismissal of an Ohio prisoner's 42 U.S.C. § 1983 challenge to State parole procedures and remanded …
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Sentencing, Parole
California Lifer Parole Denial Reversed Absent Evidence of Current Dangerousness by California Lifer Parole Denial Reversed Absent Evidence of Current Dangerousness by John E. Dannenberg The California Court of Appeal, Fourth District, granted a second degree murderer's habeas corpus petition and ordered the Board of Parole Hearings (BPH) to give …
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Sentencing, Parole
Unconfirmed NJ Parole Board Members Do Not Deny Due Process by Participation in parole decisions of temporary Parole Board members, appointed by the Governor without Senate confirmation allegedly in violation of state law, did not deny due process. At 325: "As Defendants have conceded, New Jersey prisoners have a state-created …
Article • May 15, 2007
Class Settlement No Bar to Federal Parolee's Damages Suit by The plaintiff was arrested on a parole violation warrant; the charges were dismissed a few months later and plaintiff's lawyer notified parole authorities; the government said the case remained "open and ongoing" despite the failure to return an indictment. After …
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