FARRIES v. UNITED STATES BOARD OF PAROLE

No. 72-1311.

484 F.2d 948 (1973)

Keith X. FARRIES, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES BOARD OF PAROLE, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 10, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley A. Bass, New York City, for petitioner-appellant.

Michael L. Levinson, Asst. U. S. Atty., Danville, Ill., Henry A. Schwarz, U. S. Atty., E. St. Louis, Ill., for respondent-appellee.

Before PELL and SPRECHER, Circuit Judges, and CAMPBELL, Senior District Judge.


WILLIAM J. CAMPBELL, Senior District Judge.

The plaintiff, an inmate of the United States Penitentiary at Marion, Illinois filed this action pro se, challenging the legality of the Parole Board's unexplained and allegedly discriminatory denial of plaintiff's application for parole. A writ of mandamus was sought against the United States Board of Parole. On March 1, 1972, the district court granted leave to file the petition in forma pauperis, and in...

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