Legal Opinion
Bowring v. Godwin
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 18, 1977No. 75-2084PublishedCited by 487 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WINTER, Circuit Judge:
In pro se pleadings, petitioner, incarcerated under state law, attacked the validity of the denial of his application for parole. Inter alia, he sought psychiatric and psychological treatment to render him eligible for parole. The district court treated the action as one under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and summarily dismissed it on the ground that petitioner had alleged no denial of any constitutional right. We reverse.
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Petitioner, Larry Grant Bowring, was convicted on charges of robbery, attempted robbery and kidnapping in the Circuit Court of the City of Roanoke and sentenced…
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