SWEAZEA v. MO. BD. OF PROBATION & PAROLE

No. 84-1197.

742 F.2d 482 (1984)

John SWEAZEA, Appellant, v. MISSOURI BOARD OF PROBATION AND PAROLE, Dick Moore, Chairman, Carolyn Atkins, Member, and Bill Duncan, Member, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 31, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David T. Weir, Susman, Schermer, Rimmel & Parker, Clayton, Mo., for appellant.

John Ashcroft, Atty.Gen., George W. Cox, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Mo., for appellee.

Before HEANEY, McMILLIAN and JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

John Sweazea, an inmate at the Missouri State Penitentiary, appeals from a final judgment of the District Court1 for the Eastern District of Missouri dismissing his civil rights action pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) for failure to state a claim. For reversal Sweazea argues that the district court erred in (1) holding that he did not have a protected liberty interest in his parole decision and (2) failing to consider his...

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