UNITED STATES EX REL. JOHNSON v. McGINNIS

No. 83-2940.

734 F.2d 1193 (1984)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Leon JOHNSON, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Kenneth McGINNIS, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 14, 1984.

As Amended June 6, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen P. Carponelli, Carponelli, Krug, Adamski & Goodstein, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner-appellee.

Marcia L. Friedl, Office of Ill. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for respondent-appellant.

Before WOOD and POSNER, Circuit Judges, and REYNOLDS, Chief District Judge.


HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Petitioner filed for a writ of habeas corpus in federal district court alleging that the Illinois Prisoner Review Board violated his due process rights by failing to provide him with an adequate statement of its reasons for denying him parole. The district court agreed and granted the writ. United States ex rel. Johnson v. McGinnis, 571 F.Supp. 270 (N.D.Ill.1983). On appeal, respondent...

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