Stephen Sultenfuss, Michael C. Bishop v. Wayne Snow, Jr., James T. Morris, Mobley Howell, Michael H. Wing, Bettye O. Hutchings, and Michael J. Bowers

This lawsuit was brought by several Georgia state inmates alleging, inter alia, violation of their constitutional right to due process under the constitution. Bringing suit pursuant to 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983, the inmates contended that the Georgia parole system as created by both statute and regulation provides them with a liberty interest in parole, and that the defendants, the chairman and members of the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles and the Attorney General of Georgia, violated their rights by departing from the parole guideline scheme. As relief, the plaintiffs sought both injunctive…