Neel v. Holden

ZIMMERMAN, Chief Justice:

In this habeas corpus proceeding, plaintiff David Neel, an inmate at the Utah State Prison, contends that the Utah Board of Pardons (the “Board”) denied him due process of law and the effective assistance of counsel by (i) denying him access to confidential psychological reports that the Board used in deciding not to grant him parole, and (ii) refusing to permit his counsel to address the Board directly during his parole grant hearing. The district court denied Neel’s petition. We reverse and remand with instructions that another parole grant hearing be held in…