Nicholas James Romano v. Dr. Lee Roy Black and Dick D. Moore, Nicholas James Romano v. Dr. Lee Roy Black and Dick D. Moore

BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

Appellants Dr. Lee Roy Black and Dick D. Moore of the Missouri Department of Probation and Parole appeal from the District Court’s order granting Nicholas J. Romano’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The District Court held that the sentencing judge denied Romano due process in failing to consider alternatives to incarceration before revoking Romano’s probation. Romano v. Black, 567 F.Supp. 882 (E.D.Mo.1983). We affirm the District Court’s order. Romano cross-appeals, challenging the District Court’s finding that one of the witnesses at the probation revocation…