WILLIAMS v. WARD

No. 457, Docket 76-2105.

556 F.2d 1143 (1977)

Michael WILLIAMS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Benjamin WARD, Commissioner of the New York State Department of Correctional Services and Edward R. Hammock, Chairman, New York State Board of Parole, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided May 26, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen M. Latimer, New York City (Michael C. Fahey, and Bronx Legal Services Corp., New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.

Robert S. Hammer, Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City (Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen., State of N. Y., and Samuel A. Hirshowitz, First Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City, of counsel), for defendants-appellants.

Before FRIENDLY, HAYS and MULLIGAN, Circuit Judges.


FRIENDLY, Circuit Judge:

This appeal from an order of the District Court for the Southern District of New York raises a question of the extent to which the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment confers upon a prison inmate eligible for parole consideration the right to inspect his institutional files, where those may be consulted by the parole board in deciding on his parole. Related questions already have been faced, in varying form and with varying result...

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