HUGH MCINTOSH, PETITIONER-APPELLANT,
v.
WILLIAM WOODWARD AND M. HOGAN, RESPONDENTS-APPELLEES

5th Cir. | 1975-06-09
No. 74-3973
514 F.2d 95 Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (1975) Positive Treatment
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Holding

The court held that a prior panel decision directly controls the present case, and a subsequent Supreme Court opinion does not require overruling the prior decision.


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A prisoner was notified of his parole date, but the Board of Parole later rescinded it after reconsideration. The prisoner claims denial of due proces…

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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM:

[*96] PER CURIAM:

McIntosh is incarcerated in the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary and on July 26, 1974 was notified that he would be paroled with the release date fixed for August 29, 1974. Presumably on the strong protests of the Joint Task Force on Organized Crime for the Eastern District of New York, the Board of Parole on August 23, 1974 informed McIntosh that a reconsideration would be held by the en banc Board. His counsel was permitted to make an oral statement to the en banc Board, but was then required to leave without participating further. Shortly afterward, the Board announced, with brief statement of its reasons, that McIntosh would not be paroled. McIntosh claims denial of due process procedural rights in the rescinding of the earlier order. Sexton v. Wise, 5 Cir., 1974, 494 F. 2d 1176 directly controls this case. McIntosh argues that the somewhat later Supreme Court opinion in Wolff v. McDonnell, 1974, 418 U.S. 539, 94 S.Ct. 2963, 41 L.Ed.2d 935, requires us to overrule Sexton. We disagree, and hold ourselves bound by the panel decision in Sexton.

Affirmed.

. Upon oral argument, McIntosh’s counsel renewed application for bail pending appellate disposition of the case. In light of our action, the motion is denied.


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