Legal Opinion
Michael Earl Staton v. Louie L. Wainwright and Maurice G. Crockett
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 11, 1982No. 80-5464PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RONEY, Circuit Judge:
The question in this case is whether Florida’s parole laws create an entitlement to release so that the failure to accord plaintiff an initial parole interview in the time required by state law violates constitutional due process under the principles established in Greenholtz v. Nebraska Penal Inmates, 442 U.S. 1, 99 S.Ct. 2100, 60 L.Ed.2d 668 (1979).
Serving a 15-year sentence for burglary, Michael Earl Staton filed an action under 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983, alleging the Florida Probation and Parole Commission acted unconstitutionally in failing to give him an initial parole…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Preiser v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Parratt v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional ComplexSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Board of Pardons v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Todd v. BaskervilleCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1983
- Gerald H. Irving v. Morris Thigpen, Charles J. Jackson, and Eddie LucasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- Charles A. Damiano A/K/A Charles A. Damyn v. Florida Parole and Probation Commission and Jim Smith, the Attorney General of the State of FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
- Bruce Talmadge Whitehorn v. E.L. Harrelson Mr. Green D. Foster, E. Potts, CounselorsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
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