Legal Opinion
Richard S. Pope v. Charles P. Chew, Chairman, Virginia Parole & Probation Board or His Successor, Members of the Parole & Probation Board
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 4, 1975No. 74-2095PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CRAVEN, Circuit Judge:
Richard S. Pope brought a pro se complaint under § 1983, styled a “Petition for Declaratory Judgment,” seeking damages from the Chairman and members of the Virginia Parole and Probation Board. Pope claimed that defendants denied him due process of law by recommending to the Governor that his pardon be revoked without having first afforded him a hearing. Pope appeals the district judge’s grant of summary judgment for defendants. We reverse.
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Pope was convicted of murder in the Hustings Court of Portsmouth in 1936 and sentenced to die. In 1937 Governor Peery commuted his…
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