VANN v. ANGELONE

No. 95-6471.

73 F.3d 519 (1996)

Anthony Leon VANN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ronald ANGELONE, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 9, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Gerald Thomas Zerkin, Gerald T. Zerkin & Associates, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellant. Mary Elizabeth Shea, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Criminal Law Division, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Melanie A. Hopper, Gerald T. Zerkin & Associates, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellant. James S. Gilmore, III, Attorney General of Virginia, Office of the Attorney General, Criminal Law Division, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.

Before WILKINSON, LUTTIG, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge LUTTIG and Judge WILLIAMS joined.

OPINION

WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:

Anthony Leon Vann petitions for habeas corpus relief on the ground that the Virginia Department of Corrections ("DOC") denied him due process by arbitrarily finding him ineligible for parole under Virginia Code, § 53.1-151(B1). This section of the Virginia Code prohibits parole eligibility for individuals...

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