Legal Opinion
Shakir v. Fulwood
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided June 11, 2015No. Civil Action No. 2014-0831PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JAMES E. BOASBERG, United States District Judge
Having already served twenty years of an indeterminate sentence of fifteen years to life imposed by the District of Columbia Superior Court, Plaintiff Talib Shakir is understandably eager to be paroled. The U.S. Parole Commission, however, has different ideas. Instead of releasing Shakir at his 2013 hearing, the Commission denied parole and set off his next hearing until 2018. Claiming that this decision was a product of the USPC’s impermissible use of its 2000 guidelines, which were drafted after his sentence was imposed,…
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