LINDER, J.
Plaintiff appeals from the trial court's sua sponte dismissal of his habeas corpus petition in which he alleged that the Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision (Board) unlawfully deferred his release date. We reverse and remand.
Plaintiff was sentenced to life in prison for a murder he committed in June 1977. The Board set a parole release date of December 4, 1996, but later deferred parole by order, stating:
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