Legal Opinion
Watson v. United States Parole Commission
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided June 28, 2012No. Civil Action No. 2011-2044PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JOHN D. BATES, District Judge.
This matter is before the Court on defendant’s motion to dismiss. For the reasons discussed below, the motion will be granted. 1
I. BACKGROUND
In 1978, in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, plaintiff was sentenced to an aggregate term of 30 years to life imprisonment. 2 See Compl. at 1. While in the District of Columbia’s custody and serving his sentence at its Lorton Reformatory, on August 30, 1988, plaintiff “walked away from a Work Release program and ... remained on escape status until [October 30, 1995] when he was arrested in…
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Kingsbury v. FulwoodDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2012
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- Watson v. United States Probation OfficeDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 2020
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