Pickle v. Mississippi State Parole Board

McMILLIN, C.J., for the Court:

¶ 1. C.D. Pickle, Jr., a prisoner in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, has appealed to,this Court from an order of the Circuit Court of Sunflower County denying his petition for writ of mandamus to compel the Mississippi State Parole Board (hereafter “the Board”) to conduct annual reviews of his eligibility .for parole. Finding no error in the circuit court’s ruling, we affirm.

¶ 2. According to Pickle’s pleadings, he was considered for parole by the Board and denied release in April 2001. Pickle offers no dispute as to this aspect of the…