Sandidge v. Washington

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the district court did not abuse its discretion by deciding to remand a Parole Commission's determination for further explanation
• holding that the district court appropriately remanded the matter back to the Commission for re-hearing when it violated its own regulations
• observing that district courts have historically been given broad discretion in imposing the proper sentence in criminal trials
• observing that district courts have historically been given broad discretion in imposing the proper sentence in criminal trials
• concluding that courts can set aside agency action that fails to comply with the agency’s own regulations, and that the Supreme Court has noted that a writ of habeas corpus will issue where a federal agency fails to comply with its own regulations
• stating “principles of due process require an agency to follow its own regulations”

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