Singleton v. Hamm

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA EASTERN DIVISION DERRICK SINGLETON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Case No. 1:24-cv-1081-CLM JOHN Q. HAMM, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION Plaintiffs are a trio of former Alabama prisoners. They sue current and former members of the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles (“Board”) and the Alabama Department of Corrections (“DOC”) for failing to end their incarceration during the time period required by Alabama’s Mandatory Release Law,

Ala. Code § 15-22-26.2. The Board and DOC ask the court to dismiss Plaintiffs’ claims. For the reasons…