In a habeas petition claiming that a parole ineligibility determination violated petitioner’s due process and equal protection rights, denial of the petition is affirmed where petitioner did not identify any clearly established federal law that prohibited the parole board from considering conduct unnecessary to a conviction as part of its three-strikes determination.
Read Townes v. Jarvis, No. 05-7382
Appellate Information
Argued: December 3, 2008
Decided: August 19, 2009
Judges
Opinion by Judge Motz
Dissent by Judge Shedd
Counsel
For Appellant:
Justin Sanjeeve Antonipillai, Arnold & Porter, L.L.P., Washington, DC
For Appellees:
Richard Carson Vorhis, Office of the Attorney General of Virginia, Richmond, VA
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