Legal Opinion
John H. Block v. Edwin Potter
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 30, 1980No. 80-1621PublishedCited by 144 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ADAMS, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal from the denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, we are asked to review the grounds upon which the Virgin Islands Board of Parole refused to grant John Block’s parole application. Specifically, we must determine whether the Board violated Block’s rights to due process and equal protection by basing its decision on impermissible considerations. In denying the writ the district court concluded that the Board had applied valid criteria. We reverse.
I. FACTS
In the spring of 1979 appellant Block was convicted of fraudulent use of a…
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