Legal Opinion
Benson v. New Jersey State Parole Board
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided December 6, 1996No. Civil Action 96-3599, 96-3944PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ORLOFSKY, District Judge:
Henry Benson (“Benson”), who is currently incarcerated at Southern State Correctional Facility in Delmont, New Jersey, filed a petition for a writ of mandamus in this court on July 25,1996, which was docketed as Civil Action No. 96-3599. The court treated this pro se petition as one for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, because Benson sought relief in the form of immediate release from confinement. Subsequently, Benson filed a civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Mary Keating DiSabato, the director of the New Jersey…
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