UNITED STATES EX REL. RICHERSON v. WOLFF

No. 75-1241.

525 F.2d 797 (1975)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Charles RICHERSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Dennis WOLFF, Warden, Sheridan Institution, and the Illinois Parole and Pardon Board, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 20, 1975.

Certiorari Denied April 5, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank S. Merritt, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner-appellant.

William J. Scott, Atty. Gen., Melbourne A. Noel, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for respondents-appellees.

Before HASTINGS, Senior Circuit Judge, and SPRECHER and BAUER, Circuit Judges.


Certiorari Denied April 5, 1976. See 96 S.Ct. 1511.

SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.

The questions raised by this appeal are whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment requires that state prisoners be given reasons for the denial of parole release and whether Ill. Rev.Stats. ch. 38, § 1003-3-5(c) provides adequate reasons.

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Upon being granted leave to file his petition in forma pauperis, the petitioner, Charles Richerson...

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