Brent L. Dock v. George Latimer, Associate Member, Division of Corrections, State of Utah/board of Pardons, William v. Milliken, Director

CHILSON, Senior District Judge.

We refer to the appellant as “Dock” or “plaintiff” and to the appellee as “Latimer” or “defendant”.

In December 1979, the plaintiff, an inmate of the Utah State Prison, filed this action in the Federal District Court in Utah, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1976), seeking to recover damages from the Utah State Board of Pardons, George W. Latimer, the Chairman of the Board and William V. Milliken, the Director of Division of Corrections.

The basis of the claim is that the defendants violated his Federal Constitutional rights to due process of law in failing to comply…