Legal Opinion
Thomas v. Dietz
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided April 16, 1981No. Civ. A. 81-197PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DEBEVOISE, District Judge.
This action was brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by Steven L. Thomas, a prisoner incarcerated in the New Jersey State Prison at Trenton, against Christopher Dietz, Chairman of the New Jersey State Parole Board. Plaintiff alleges that at the time he was incarcerated on April 21, 1975 his parole eligibility date was set at July 28, 1981. On June 10, 1980, he avers, he “was informed by a subordinate of the defendant, that the New Jersey State Parole Board had changed its interpretation of the laws governing parole eligibility, that this new interpretation was to be…
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