Swatzell v. Tennessee Board of Parole

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE NASHVILLE DIVISION CHAD SWATZELL, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) No. 3:18-cv-01336 ) TENNESSEE BOARD OF PAROLE, ) et al., ) ) Defendants. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION Chad Swatzell, an inmate of the Tennessee Department of Correction, brings this action under

42 U.S.C. § 1983

against the Tennessee Board of Parole (the “Board”). He argues that the Board has repeatedly denied him parole in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments, as well as his rights under the Ex Post Facto Clause of the Constitution, by: (1) denying him parole due to the…