Legal Opinion
Edward Ford, Jr. v. Charles Massarone
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided September 4, 2018No. 16-5298PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Srinivasan, Circuit Judge:
Edward Ford, Jr. is a federal prisoner serving several criminal sentences, including one for murder in violation of federal law and another for a separate murder in violation of D.C. law. In 2013, Ford sued the members of the U.S. Parole Commission, alleging (among other things) that the Commissioners had unlawfully delayed his first hearing for parole from his D.C. sentence.
Generally, once a D.C. offender has served the minimum term of his court-imposed sentence, he is eligible for parole and has a parole hearing at that time. The rule is different, though, for the…
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