Kellogg v. Shoemaker

WELLFORD, Circuit Judge.

Glenn S. Kellogg (“Kellogg”), an Ohio prison inmate, initiated a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 class action suit in 1990 seeking declaratory and injunctive relief with respect to certain Ohio parole revocation procedures.

This case began in federal court in August 1990,' when Kellogg1 filed a pro se complaint alleging, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, that the Ohio Parole Revocation procedures violated his procedural due process rights. The Ohio public defender, who began representing Kellogg, moved to certify a class to challenge certain parole revocation procedures. The district court…