Legal Opinion
Dewey Baker v. Director, United States Parole Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided October 9, 1990No. 89-5096PublishedCited by 306 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed PER CURIAM.
2Per curiam
Dewey Baker challenges the district court’s sua sponte dismissal of his complaint seeking declaratory relief and damages for an alleged denial of due process. The district court determined that the complaint failed to state a claim upon which relief could be granted. Because we conclude that dismissal pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) was appropriate, we affirm.
Baker was convicted of unarmed bank robbery in 1978 and sentenced to sixteen years for that offense. Subsequent to his imprisonment for bank robbery, but before the effective…
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