Legal Opinion
Beatrice Alexis Hicks, A/K/A Beatrice Alexis Harper v. United States Board of Paroles and Pardons
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 5, 1977No. 76-1317PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHENSON, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner in habeas corpus proceedings in the district court contended that the Board of Paroles’ 19-month failure to grant her a parole revocation hearing was such a prejudicial denial of due process as to require dismissal of the federal parole violat- or’s warrant. The warrant had been lodged as a detainer with officials at the Iowa Women’s Reformatory in Rockwell City, Iowa, where petitioner was serving a state sentence. The district court held that the delay in granting a parole revocation hearing was unreasonable, and prejudicial to the extent that failure to…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Moody v. DaggettSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Zerbst v. KidwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Cooper v. LockhartCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1973
- Gaddy v. MichaelCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1975
- Cleveland v. CicconeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by17 opinions
- George Heath v. United States Parole Commission and Robert Henderson, Superintendent of Auburn Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1986
- Nimrod T. Solomon v. Charles L. Benson, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1977
- United States of America Ex Rel. Ciro M. Caruso, N. J. S. P. No. 56349 v. United States Board of ParoleCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
- Malcolm Saulsbury v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Veneri v. Circuit Court of Gasconade CountyDistrict Court, E.D. Missouri · 1981
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