Legal Opinion
Haskins v. Lears
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided September 30, 1982No. Civ. No. Y-82-507PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
JOSEPH H. YOUNG, District Judge.
Plaintiff brought this § 1983 suit alleging that certain items in his prison file were not taken to his probation hearing. However, plaintiff does not specify which items were not taken to his probation hearing or how the absence of these items could affect a decision by the parole board.
This Court is not aware of any authority on the precise issue presented by plaintiff’s complaint. While there is no constitutional requirement that a prisoner have access to his files, Franklin v. Shields, 569 F.2d 784 (4th Cir. 1978) (en banc), aff’d in…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Frederick Robert Paine v. Ben L. Baker, Supervisor of Records, and the North Carolina Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1979
- Franklin v. ShieldsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1977
- Franklin v. ShieldsSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Bukhari v. HuttoDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1980
- Lynell Franklin, Charles Jones, Lawrence Wilson, and Charles R. Vette v. Pleasant C. Shields, Morris L. Ridley, W. K. Cunningham, Margaret Davis, N. W. Perdue, Lynell Franklin, Charles Jones, Lawrence Wilson, and Charles R. Vette v. Pleasant C. Shields, Morris L. Ridley, W. K. Cunningham, Margaret Davis, N. W. Perdue, Lee Royal Williams v. Virginia Probation and Parole BoardCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1978
3Cited by1 opinion
- McCrery v. MarkDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1993