Justice SCOTT delivered the Opinion of the Court.
This direct appeal requires us to determine whether a petition for habeas corpus is an available remedy for an alleged failure of the parole board to grant a state inmate's request for absolute release or parole. The district court dismissed the petition because the inmate did not allege that he was entitled to immediate release. We affirm.
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On July 30, 1976, plaintiff-appellant James Earl Christensen...
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