Legal Opinion
Edwin O. Pittman v. Mike Gaines, Vigi Powers, Connie Mayton, Carl Dyer, Johnny Robertson, Dennis Robertson, Dennis Edwards, Henry Oliver
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 10, 1990No. 89-1498PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
Edwin Pittman appeals from a summary judgment denying his claim, brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982), that he was denied due process when he was not paroled. The district court 1 held that no Arkansas statutes created a liberty interest in parole, but that Arkansas Parole Board Regulation 3.09 did create one. However, the court held that Regulation 3.09 applied only to the Board's consideration of Pittman's first parole appearance in 1984. Because Pittman's claim was not brought until 1988, the court held that the claim was barred by the applicable three-year…
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