Legal Opinion

Elias Nunez-Guardado v. John T. Hadden, and the United States Parole Commission

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided December 12, 1983No. 82-1601PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HOLLOWAY, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Elias Nunez-Guardado timely appeals the order denying his petition for habeas relief. Nunez-Guardado contends that relief should have been granted because the Parole Commission (1) by considering information concerning Nunez-Guardado’s role in the deaths of 13 people in order to go above its guidelines in setting his parole date abused its discretion, violated the statutes and regulations, and violat ed his due process rights; (2) by going above its guidelines when there was no good cause for doing so, and by ignoring mitigating circumstances, abused its…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional ComplexSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Ramesh Solomon v. Robert I. Elsea, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
  3. Richard L. Dye v. United States Parole Commission, United States of America, and United States Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1977
  4. Donald L. Hayward v. United States Parole Commission, Joseph Petrovsky, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
  5. Ronald Leroy Schuemann v. Colorado State Board of Adult Parole J. D. MacFarlaneCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1980

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. William J. Walker v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
  2. United States v. Jorge Manotas-Mejia, Justo Estrada-Tello, Julian Enriquez-Castro, and Samuel Ramirez-RiosCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
  3. Sam S. Misasi v. United States Parole CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1987
  4. Vincent Lynch v. United States Parole Commission and Michael Quinlan, Warden, RespondentsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1985
  5. Dufur v. U.S. Parole Comm'nCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2018

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