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CREEL v. KEENE

No. 90-8510 Summary Calendar.

928 F.2d 707 (1991)

James Duke CREEL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Henry B. KEENE, Chairman, Board of Pardons and Paroles, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 16, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Duke Creel, Bridgeport, Tex., pro se.

Wm. C. Zapalac, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jim Mattox, Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

Before JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM and JONES, Circuit Judges.

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

In 1971, James Duke Creel was convicted of murder by a Texas state court and sentenced to life imprisonment. He now appeals the district court's denial of his habeas petition, arguing that Texas Parole Board's 1990 decision to refuse him parole violated his fourteenth amendment right to due process. The district court rejected Creel's contention on the ground that the Texas parole statute afforded Creel no constitutionally protected...

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