Legal Opinion
McRae v. Hyman
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 7, 1995No. 94-SP-70PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Associate Judge:
In this case we are asked to decide whether a numerical scoring system made applicable by regulation to parole determinations by the Parole Board (“Board”), creates a liberty interest so that the Board’s denial of parole, despite an inmate’s favorable score, amounts to a denial of due process of law. In two recent cases, while deciding allied issues, we essentially answered that question in the negative. See Davis v. Henderson, 652 A.2d 634 (D.C.1995); White v. Hyman, 647 A.2d 1175 (D.C.1994). We now make explicit what was implied by those cases: The District’s parole…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Sandin v. ConnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional ComplexSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Ramos v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
- Davis v. HendersonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1995
- White v. HymanDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1994
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Michael Ellis, Appellees/cross-Appellants v. District of Columbia, Appellants/cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1996
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- Hall v. HendersonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1996
- Ari Bailey v. Isaac Fulwood, Jr.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2015
- Thompson v. VeachCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2007
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