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MARTINEZ v. BOARD OF PAROLE HEARINGS

No. C061031.

183 Cal.App.4th 578 (2010)

107 Cal. Rptr. 3d 439

STEVEN C. MARTINEZ, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. BOARD OF PAROLE HEARINGS, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

April 6, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Julie L. Garland, Assistant Attorney General, Jessica N. Blonien and Krista L. Pollard, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendant and Appellant.

Law Office of Ken I. Karan and Ken I. Karan for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

SCOTLAND, P. J.—

While serving the third year of a sentence of 157 years to life for kidnapping a woman and committing violent crimes against her, including rape and other forcible sex acts, Steven C. Martinez was stabbed by another prison inmate. The stabbing lacerated Martinez's spinal cord, causing "immediate and complete quadriplegia." Due to his physical condition, Martinez later asked the Board of Parole Hearings (BPH) to recommend that...

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