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Supreme Court· 11/9/1981

Jago v. Van Curen

Citations

  • 454 U.S. 14
  • 102 S. Ct. 31
  • 70 L. Ed. 2d 13
  • 1981 U.S. LEXIS 141
  • 50 U.S.L.W. 3370

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that no liberty interest in the expectancy of parole is created under a statute in which the parole decision is discretionary
  • holding case not moot where prisoner had been released on parole subject to conditions \that significantly restrict this freedom\
  • holding per curiam that no liberty interest was created either by Ohio statutes or by the “ ‘mutually explicit understanding’ ” of parole board and inmate that inmate would be granted “ ‘shock parole’ ”
  • holding per curiam that no liberty interest was created either by Ohio statutes or by the '\mutually explicit understanding\' of parole board and inmate that inmate would be granted \'shock parole\'
  • holding no liberty interest or due process protections were implicated when an inmate was initially granted parole but the order was rescinded at a later meeting without providing the inmate a hearing
  • finding Ohio statute did not create a liberty interest in the expectancy of parole because parole decision was discretionary

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Judges: Blackmun, Stevens, Brennan, Marshall

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