Legal Opinion
C.T. Akins, Jay M. Fate, Michael Schroeder v. Wayne Snow, Jr., Chairman State Board of Pardons & Paroles
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided February 7, 1991No. 89-8622PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COX, Circuit Judge:
I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
In October 1988, C.T. Akins and Jay Fate 1 filed this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 seeking declaratory and injunctive relief or in the alternative compensatory and punitive damages, against Wayne Snow, chairman of the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles (the Board). 2 As the basis for their section 1983 action, Akins and Fate allege that the Board’s application of the 1986 parole rules and regulations to their cases violates their substantive due process rights under the Fourteenth Amendment and the ex post facto clause of the United…
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3Cited by66 opinions
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