Legal Opinion
L.D. Hilliard v. Board of Pardons and Paroles
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 8, 1985No. 84-1045PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Per curiam
This is an appeal from a dismissal for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted. Hilliard filed suit claiming violation of his fifth, eighth and fourteenth amendment rights through various irregularities in his parole hearings. Because we find Hilliard’s complaint is insufficiently specific and fails to allege deprivation of a protected liberty interest, we affirm.
I
In reviewing a dismissal under Fed.R. Civ.P. 12(b)(6), we may not go outside the pleadings. We accept all well pleaded facts as true and view them in the light most favorable to the plaintiff. We cannot uphold the…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional ComplexSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Pulliam v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- David R. Ruiz, United States of America, Intervenor-Appellee v. W. J. Estelle, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- David R. Ruiz, United States of America, Intervenor-Appellee v. W. J. Estelle, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
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3Cited by42 opinions
- Johnson v. RodriguezCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1997
- Orellana v. KyleCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
- Norman L. Clark v. State of Georgia Pardons and Paroles BoardCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
- Ernest M. Serio v. Members of Louisiana State Board of Pardons, Howard Marsellus, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
- Daniel Johnson v. Joe Kegans and John HolmesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
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