Shirley v. Chestnut

Appellants, inmates of various Oklahoma State Penal Institutions, filed an action in the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma in which they sought declaratory and injunctive relief in connection with denial of parole release. Specifically, appellants sought a declaration that the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment requires published criteria for parole release, access to adverse material in inmate files, right to subpoena witnesses at the hearing, and written reasons for the denial of parole.

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