Boutwell v. Keating.

• Position: Habeas corpus suit - Brief Article

U.S. Appeals Court

PAROLE

Boutwell v. Keating, 399 F.3d 1203 (10th Cir. 2005). A state inmate brought an action under [section] 1983 or alternately for habeas corpus relief, challenging the denial of his placement into a state's pre-parole conditional supervision program. The district court dismissed the action and the inmate appealed. The appeals court affirmed. The appeals court held that the inmate did not have a due process liberty interest in participating in the program. The court found that state law did not create a due...