Michael Britt Hodges v. Mike Huckabee

Arkansas inmate Michael Britt Hodges appeals from the district court’s 1 28 U.S.C. § 1915A dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint, in which Hodges alleged that his constitutional rights were violated when Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee denied his clemency application. Having carefully reviewed the record and appellant’s brief, we agree with the district court that the complaint failed to state a claim. See Cooper v. Schriro, 189 F.3d 781, 783 (8th Cir.1999) (per curiam) (de novo review). Hodges’s due process claim fails because the clemency statute imposes no standards, criteria, or…