Rothman v. Director, United States Board of Parole

ORDER

JAMES C. Hill, District Judge.

This habeas corpus cáse purports to raise the issue whether the Due Process Clause or the Equal Protection Clause requires that procedural rights toe extended to federal prisoners prior to their classification as “Special Offender” by the Bureau of Prisons. The petitioner, Norman Rothman, is an inmate at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary. He contends that as a result of his being classified a “Special Offender,” his chances for parole have been adversely affected and that his classification as a “Special Offender” was made by the Bureau of Prisons without the…