Flenoy v. Ohio Adult Parole Authority

In this appeal, Flenoy contends that the APA acted unlawfully in revoking his parole.1 Finding the revocation lawful, we affirm the judgment of the court of appeals.

Flenoy claims that when the federal court granted habeas corpus relief from his murder conviction, it fatally undercut the parole revocation stemming from that conviction. He claims that the APA was then required to give him a timely parole hearing or release him. The APA and the prison superintendent2 claim that the federal court’s decision did not affect the parole revocation, because Flenoy’s signature on a waiver form,…