Legal Opinion
James J. Walker v. Russell G. Oswald, Chairman, New York State Board of Parole, New York State Board of Parole
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 20, 1971No. 803, Docket 71-1081PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUMBARD, Circuit Judge:
James J. Walker, a New York state prisoner, is appealing from a dismissal of his complaint brought under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, in the Western District of New York. That complaint alleged that since his minimum period of imprisonment, set by the State Board of Parole, was determined at a proceeding in which he was not represented by counsel and in which he did not have the benefit of certain other procedural safeguards, he was deprived of due process of law and his constitutional right to counsel. Judge Curtin dismissed Walker’s complaint in an…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Mempa v. RhaySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- McConnell v. RhaySupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- United States v. BehrensSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Joseph Menechino v. Russell G. Oswald, as Chairman of the New York State Board of Parole, New Yorkstate Board of ParoleCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970
- People ex rel. Menechino v. WardenNew York Court of Appeals · 1971
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Robert J. Scarpa v. U. S. Board of Parole, Walter Dunbar, ChairmanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Beckworth v. New Jersey State Parole BoardSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1973
- Vincent Hunter v. Walter T. Fogg, Superintendent of Eastern Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
- Bradford v. WeinsteinCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1974
- Coralluzzo v. New York State Parole BoardDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 1976
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