Downie v. Klincar

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

MORAN, Chief Judge.

In April 1989, plaintiffs (collectively referred to as “Downie”) filed a class action lawsuit challenging the policies and practices of the Illinois Prisoner Review Board (“the Board”) in parole revocation hearings. Since the institution of the litigation, the parties have settled most of their disputes, and the cross motions for summary judgment now before the court address a narrow issue: whether the Board, at a final revocation hearing, is entitled to rely on eyewitness police reports as conclusive evidence of a substantive violation of parole without…