Legal Opinion
Joost v. U.S. Parole Commission
District Court, D. Kansas
Decided October 22, 1986No. 86-3038PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
EARL E. O’CONNOR, Chief Judge.
This matter is before the court on a petition for writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. Petitioner has alleged two grounds for the writ. First, the petitioner alleges that the United States Parole Commission denied the petitioner due process and equal protection of the laws by giving him a higher offense severity rating than the one given a co-defendant, who was convicted of more severe crimes in the same case. 1 The petitioner also alleges that the Commission improperly has held the petitioner responsible for murder, when…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional ComplexSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Sanders v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Clements v. FashingSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Richardson v. BelcherSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Billiteri v. United States Board of ParoleCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Mahoney v. CarterKentucky Supreme Court · 1997
- State Ex Rel. Shields v. PurkettSupreme Court of Missouri · 1994