Dopp v. Idaho Commission of Pardons & Parole

PERRY, Judge.

Sidney Dopp appeals from the district court’s intermediate appellate decision affirming the magistrate’s dismissal of Dopp’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus and awarding respondents costs and attorney fees. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.

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FACTS AND PROCEDURE

Dopp was sentenced to prison for crimes committed in 1989. After a hearing in April 1999, Dopp was denied parole and was passed to his full-term release date. Dopp subsequently filed two self-initiated progress reports requesting that the Parole Commission reconsider the denial of his parole. These…