SHARP v. LEONARD

No. 78-3305.

611 F.2d 136 (1979)

Paul N. SHARP, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Gordon B. LEONARD et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided December 6, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph C. Merling, Cincinnati, Ohio (Court-appointed), Paul N. Sharp in pro. per., for plaintiff-appellant.

William J. Brown, Atty. Gen. of Ohio, Allen P. Adler, John C. Stamatakos, Asst. Attys. Gen., Columbus, Ohio, for defendants-appellees.

Before CELEBREZZE and ENGEL, Circuit Judges, and PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Paul N. Sharp, a prisoner in the Ohio Chillicothe Correctional Institute, appeals from the summary judgment of the district court dismissing his action seeking injunctive, declaratory and monetary relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Sharp contends that he was deprived of due process of law in a parole release hearing. Defendants assert that Sharp was denied parole because of the serious nature of the crimes for which he was incarcerated in 1976 and because...

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