Frank James Finley v. Thomas F. Staton, Chairman

Finley, an Alabama state prisoner, brought this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983, against the Alabama Board of Corrections and its Chairman. He alleged a denial of both equal protection and due process of law in the Board’s failure to admit him into the Alabama work release program. The district court held that Finley’s pro se complaint was frivolous, and dismissed the action without requiring the defendants to answer. Because “[i]t cannot be said that, without doubt, there exists no set of facts which would entitle the plaintiff to the relief he demands”, we vacate the order of…