United States of America Ex Rel. Charles Richerson v. Dennis Wolff, Warden, Sheridan Institution, and the Illinois Parole and Pardon Board

SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.

The questions raised by this appeal are whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment requires that state prisoners be given reasons for the denial of parole release and whether 111. Rev.Stats. ch. 38, § 1003-3-5(c) provides adequate reasons.

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Upon being granted leave to file his petition in forma pauperis, the petitioner, Charles Richerson, filed his petition for a writ of habeas corpus on January 6, 1975. In his pro se “Argument to Support Habeas Corpus Petition,” petitioner argued that he was denied parole because the granting of parole “would deprecate…