Legal Opinion

Morton v. United States Parole Commission

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided July 6, 2018No. Civil Action No. 2017-1112Published

1Opinion of the Court

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WALTER BERNARD MORTON, JR., Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 17-1112 (RDM) UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION Plaintiff Walter Bernard Morton, Jr., proceeding pro se, is currently serving a parole- eligible sentence imposed under the D.C. Code. Describing his action as a petition for a writ of habeas corpus and challenge under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, he brings suit to contest the April 28, 2016 decision of the United States Parole Commission (“the Commission”) to deny him parole until at least April 2019.1…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Ashcroft v. IqbalSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
  2. Wilkinson v. DotsonSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
  3. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. St. Francis Xavier Parochial School and St. Francis Xavier ChurchCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1997
  4. Jerome Stevens Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Food & Drug AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2005
  5. Damous Nettles v. Randy GroundsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2016

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