Opinion ID: 1187735
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 6

Heading: The Board's Consideration Of The Offending Letter Is Impervious To Adversarial Testing In A Judicial Forum

Text: ¶ 10 An inmate cannot confront the board in the context of an adversarial proceeding. None is statutorily provided. The board is explicitly exempted from compliance with the adjudicative process in Art. II of the Administrative Procedures Act [APA]. [15] A trial-type hearing is neither mandated nor appropriate for review of the board's use of material placed in a prisoner's file. Because no trial-type procedure governs a parole consideration [16] and there is no protectible liberty interest in one's earlier than his end-of-sentence release, [17] the board is the sole judge of what materials may be considered in the decision-making process. [18] In short, this court cannot dictate to the board what information may be taken into account in the course of its deliberations. No action will hence lie against the board either for expungement of public documents from the prisoner's file or for invalidation of a parole's denial. ¶ 11 Shabazz incorrectly targeted the board for that body's wrongful consideration of the allegedly vindictive and irresponsibly placed material in the prisoner's file.