Legal Opinion

Mower v. Britton

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided September 4, 1974No. Nos. 73-1632, 73-1845, 73-1846, 73-1882 and 74-1172PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TALBOT SMITH, Senior District Judge.

We here consider five civil actions consolidated for briefing and argument on appeal. Since the actions originated as prisoners’ pro se claims for relief, counsel was appointed and directed to focus primarily on the common issue presented, namely, a parole applicant’s right to learn the reasons for the denial of his parole. Each of the petitioners before us, at the time of filing his asserted cause of action in the District Court for the District of Kansas, was *397confined in the United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas.

Although in view of our…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Hyser v. ReedCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1963
  4. Charles Joseph King, Jr. v. United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1974

3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Sidney F. Brown, Jr. v. David C. Lundgren, Warden, Federal Correctional InstitutionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
  2. United States of America Ex Rel. Charles Richerson v. Dennis Wolff, Warden, Sheridan Institution, and the Illinois Parole and Pardon BoardCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1976
  3. Charles Curtis Harris v. Irl Day, Warden United States Parole CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1981
  4. Thomas B. Roelofs v. Secretary of the Air ForceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
  5. DeVyver v. Warden, US PenitentiaryDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1974

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