May v. Bigelow

¶ 1 Ronald A. May appeals the district court's order granting summary judgment against him and dismissing his petition for extraordinary relief. In his petition, May sought to require the Board of Pardons and Parole (the Board) to either immediately parole him or provide him with a new parole hearing. 1

¶ 2 When reviewing an appeal from an order dismissing a petition for extraordinary relief, we accord no deference to the district court's conclusions of law but instead review them for correctness. See Monson v. Carver , 928 P.2d 1017 , 1022-23 (Utah 1996). Because the decision underlying the…