Valdivia v. Davis.

• Position: Parole revocation and right to due process - Brief Article

U.S. District Court

PAROLE

DUE PROCESS

Valdivia v. Davis, 206 F.Supp.2d 1068 (E.D.Cal. 2002). Parolees filed a class action challenging a state's parole revocation procedures, and alleging violation of their due process rights. The district court held that the state's unitary parole revocation hearing system violated the parolees' procedural due process rights. According to the court, the hearing system, which permitted detention of parolees upon a parole officer's issuance of a parole hold without a preliminary hearing to determine probable cause...