Legal Opinion
Phillip Bruce Christopher v. U. S. Board of Parole
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 29, 1978No. 77-1610PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PELL, Circuit Judge.
The appellant, Phillip Bruce Christopher, appeals from the district court’s judgment denying and dismissing his habeas corpus petition. The principal issue raised in this appeal concerns the extent, if any, that Fifth Amendment due process rights are involved in the revocation of a federal prisoner’s parole grant.1
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Petitioner Phillip Christopher is serving a twenty-year sentence at the United States Penitentiary at Terre Haute, Indiana.2 He has been a well-behaved inmate since arriving at the prison in July 1972. His case manager characterized his institutional adjustment…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Gagnon v. ScarpelliSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Meachum v. FanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by43 opinions
- John J. Rodriguez v. United States Parole Commission and Metropolitan Correctional Center, Robert Elsea, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1979
- Arias, Rene v. The United States Parole Commission Warden, U. S. Penitentiary, Lewisburg, Pa.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
- Carl J. Monroe v. Morris Thigpen, Leland LambertCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1991
- Ellard v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1984
- Rastelli v. WardenCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1986
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