Linton v. Walker

OPINION

William Linton brought a habeas corpus action under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging the revocation of his parole. The district *382court ordered a new parole revocation hearing within ninety days, or a grant of the writ if there was no hearing. We reverse the district court’s conditional grant of habeas corpus relief and remand the case.

I

In 1984 in a Portage County, Ohio, court, Linton was indicted on two counts of rape with force or threat of force involving a victim under the age of thirteen, his daughter. He pleaded guilty to charges of sexual battery and received a sentence of four to…