Legal Opinion

Redman v. Duehay

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided November 19, 1917No. 3030PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern Division of the Western District of Washington. Application by Thomas V. Redman for writ of habeas corpus against F. H. Duehay, President of the United States Board of Parole, and others, constituting a board for paroling prisoners in the United States Penitentiary, McNeil Island, Wash. From an order discharging a rule to show cause, applicant appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

HUNT, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Redman, a prisoner in the prison, at McNeil’s Island, filed an application for release on parole with the board of parole for the United States prison at McNeil Island, Wash. The board heard the application, and. thereafter denied it. By petition for writ of habeas corpus he set up that he had been denied a right, in that the board “did not show any cause whatsoever why it denied” his application, and that “unless good cause is shown by the board for not granting to him an order for parole,” he is entitled to be paroled any time after having-served one-third of…

2Cited by8 opinions

  1. Story v. RivesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938
  2. United States Ex Rel. Anderson v. AndersonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1935
  3. Jarman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1937
  4. Anderson v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1922
  5. Hauck v. HiattCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1944

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