CRUMP v. LANE

No. 86-1286.

807 F.2d 1394 (1986)

Paul O. CRUMP, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Michael P. LANE, Director, Illinois Department of Corrections, et al., Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 19, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elmer Gertz, Chicago, Ill., Donald S. Rothschild, Oak Park, Ill., for petitioner-appellant.

Jill Wine Banks, Office of Illinois Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for respondents-appellees.

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


CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

This action challenges a series of decisions by the Illinois Prisoner Review Board ("the Board") denying plaintiff's release on parole on eight separate occasions between February 1977 and April 1984. Plaintiff seeks both money damages and declaratory relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254.

On March 19, 1953, plaintiff Paul Crump was convicted of killing an unarmed security...

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