Haggard v. Curry

ORDER

In this case, the California Board of Parole Hearings (“Board”) denied state prisoner Lewis Haggard’s request for release on parole, and the state court upheld the parole denial. In his federal habeas petition, Haggard argued that the Board’s decision was erroneous because the record lacked evidence of his current dangerousness. The district court agreed, and ordered the state to release Haggard while the state’s appeal of the district court’s decision was pending. The state moved for a stay of the release order. Because a prisoner who receives a defective parole denial determination is…