TIERNEY v. BLACK

No. 84-2658.

774 F.2d 863 (1985)

Philip Martin TIERNEY, Appellant, v. Dr. Lee Roy BLACK, Director of Department of Corrections and Human Resources, Dick Moore, Chairman of Board of Probation and Parole, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided September 27, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip Martin Tierney, pro se.

David C. Mason, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Mo., for appellees.

Before HEANEY, Circuit Judge, J. SMITH HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.


HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

Philip Martin Tierney appeals pro se from the district court's order granting the appellees' motion for summary judgment. Tierney contends that the district court erred in concluding that his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action, challenging the discontinuation of Missouri's release program involving recommendations to the governor for commutation of sentences, was identical to Tyler v. Black, No. 82-4383-CV-C(5) (W.D. Mo.1983), aff...

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