Renn v. Utah State Board of Pardons

GREENWOOD, Judge:

Petitioner David Renn appeals the district court’s dismissal of his writ of habeas corpus challenging the Board of Pardons’ (the Board) decision postponing his next parole hearing. Because the district court based its dismissal on a statute of limitations which we recently determined to be unconstitutional, we remand the ease for further consideration.

FACTS

Following a conviction for manslaughter, a second degree felony, Renn was serving a sentence of one to fifteen years in the Utah State Prison. On April 24, 1991, he appeared before the Board for his first parole hearing.…