State Ex Rel. Tyznik v. Department of Health & Social Services

This appeal is to review the trial court’s approval under certiorari of a decision by the Department of Health & Social Services deferring the parole board’s consideration of appellant Joseph Tyznik’s discretionary parole for a minimum of twelve months from February 5,1975.

Tyznik asserts here that in the parole proceedings before the department he was denied due process by virtue of the fact that prior to the hearing on his parole inmates like himself were not notified of the standards to be applied by the board (the decision of the board is the decision of the department) in reaching its…