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· 6/25/1987

Bill D. Maddox v. United States Parole Commission

Citations

  • 821 F.2d 997
  • 1987 U.S. App. LEXIS 9643

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “The Commission satisfied the statutory and due process requirements concerning decisions outside the guidelines; it specified the reasons underlying its determination and afforded [petitioner] an opportunity to appeal.”
  • “good cause” includes any substantial reason which is not “arbitrary, irrational, unreasonable, irrelevant, or capricious.”
  • “[T]he Commission may consider dismissed counts of an indictment, hearsay evidence, and allegations of criminal activity for which the prisoner has not even been charged.” (citations omitted)

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Judges: Rubin, Randall, Higginbotham

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