HUGGINS v. ISENBARGER

No. 85-3036.

798 F.2d 203 (1986)

Robert T. HUGGINS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John ISENBARGER, Chairman, Indiana Parole Board, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 8, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert T. Huggins, pro se.

Kermit R. Hilles, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, Ind., for defendant-appellee.

Before CUMMINGS, Chief Judge, and CUDAHY and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Sentenced in 1964 to life in prison for first degree murder, Robert Huggins has tried to secure release by clemency or parole. Five times the Governor of Indiana declined to commute Huggins' sentence. In 1984, after serving 20 years, he became eligible for parole. So far the state's parole board has declined at least thrice to release Huggins. Each time the board sent Huggins a form preprinted "it was the decision of the Indiana Parole Board not to grant...

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