· 8/31/2001
Jerry Montgomery v. Rondle Anderson, Warden, Indiana State Prison
Citations
- 262 F.3d 641
- 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 19609
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- explaining that parole system making release entirely discretionary “means that the setting of a parole‐release date does not entail ‘liberty’ or ‘property’”
- explaining that prisoners do not have liberty or property interests in a parole system that is entirely discretionary
- complaining of the use of a “period” in place of a “dash” in a statute number was a “niggling objection” because no one was mislead
- finding harmless error where the Conduct Report listed the wrong statute because the Court was assured that the defect was not misleading
- noting Wolff procedures are not necessarily required in circumstances where “the stakes and correspondingly the required procedures are diminished.”
- affirming a disciplinary conviction despite a defect in the Conduct Report and explaining that if the petitioner was confused, he could have asked for clarification of the charges, but he did not
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Judges: Flaum, Easterbrook, Kanne
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