Legal Opinion
Ernest W. Shahid, Jr. v. Curtis C. Crawford
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 27, 1979No. 77-2239PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from an order granting the petition of Ernest W. Shahid, Jr., for a writ of habeas corpus. The issues raised by the petition are whether the United States Parole Commission (the Commission) has complied with its statutory obligation to “state with particularity” its reasons for denying Shahid parole, 18 U.S.C. § 4206(b) (1976), and whether the Commission abused its discretion by denying parole to a prisoner who has served one-third of an 18 U.S.C. § 4205(b)(2) (1976) sentence and who has shown superior institutional adjustment during his incarceration.…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional ComplexSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- United States v. AddonizioSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Sidney F. Brown, Jr. v. David C. Lundgren, Warden, Federal Correctional InstitutionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Marchioro v. ChaneySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Samuel K. Garafola v. Charles L. Benson, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1974
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3Cited by38 opinions
- Marshall v. LansingCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1988
- Douglas Charles Dufresne v. Benjamin Baer, Chairman, U.S. Parole CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
- Felix M. Page v. United States Parole Commission, John W. Allman, SuperintendentCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Jerry Kenneth Stroud v. United States Parole CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Geraghty v. United States Parole CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1983
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