SLOCUM v. GEORGIA STATE BD. OF PARDONS & PAROLES

No. 81-7259.

678 F.2d 940 (1982)

Harry SLOCUM, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GEORGIA STATE BOARD OF PARDONS AND PAROLES, James T. Morris, Chairman, J. O. Partain, Jr., Mrs. Mamie B. Reese, Floyd Busbee, and Mobley Howell, Members, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 14, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Al Horn, Barry Hazen, Atlanta, Ga. (court-appointed), for plaintiff-appellant.

Susan V. Boleyn, Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for defendants-appellees.

Before MORGAN, JOHNSON and HENDERSON, Circuit Judges.


LEWIS R. MORGAN, Circuit Judge:

This appeal under 28 U.S.C. § 2253 from the dismissal of petitioner's writ of habeas corpus requires that we decide whether Georgia's parole laws create a protectable expectation of conditional release so as to entitle the petitioner to due process in his consideration for parole. For the reasons stated below, we resolve this issue adversely to petitioner and affirm the decision of the district court.

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