Legal Opinion
Susan Pedro v. Oregon Parole Board
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 24, 1987No. 86-4234PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FERGUSON, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner Susan Pedro, an Oregon state prisoner, appeals the district court’s denial of habeas corpus relief. Pedro, who is serving a life sentence for the murder of her husband, argues that the Oregon State Parole Board violated her right to due process in setting her prison term and release date. Pedro claims that the Board assigned her to a particular risk subcategory without sufficient evidence and failed to provide meaningful standards defining key terms in the parole guidelines. The district court dismissed, finding that the state parole statutes created no…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional ComplexSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Zannino v. ArnoldCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976
- Vernon C. Weygandt v. Kenneth DucharmeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- Reed Smith and Valoy Smith, Husband and Wife v. John Block, in His Capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of AgricultureCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Russell L. O'Bremski v. Manfred Maass, Superintendent, Oregon State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
- Johnny Spain v. Ruth L. Rushen, Director, California Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
- Paul F. Jancsek, III v. Oregon Board of ParoleCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- Plumb v. PrinslowDistrict Court, D. Oregon · 1994
- Milot v. HawsDistrict Court, C.D. California · 2009
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