Legal Opinion
Simmons v. Shearin
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided December 23, 2003No. CIV.A. CCB-03-1048PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
BLACK, District Judge.
Petitioner Eric Simmons filed this application for habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 on April 10, 2003. He alleges that the United States Parole Commission (“USPC”) failed to comply with the rules and regulations governing administration of parole to D.C. code offenders. According to Simmons’s petition, the USPC denied him due process when it assessed him under a new set of guidelines and salient factor scoring that resulted in an upward departure of his parole rehearing date from the 15 to 22 months set off originally imposed by the D.C. Parole Board…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- California Department of Corrections v. MoralesSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Steven Guerra v. Edwin Meese, IIICourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1986
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3Cited by5 opinions
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