Crump v. Lafler, No. 09-1073 (6th Cir. 2011)
Annotate this CaseIn 2001, petitioner was convicted of criminal sexual conduct. Following his arrest, while on bond for that charge, he was arrested for possession with intent to deliver cocaine. He was convicted of that offense as well. Petitioner became eligible for parole in 2008. The Michigan Parole Board used a guidelines scoresheet and assigned a score that gave him a status of "high probability of parole." Nonetheless, after an interview, the Board denied the application, indicating that petitioner required sex offender therapy and had no insight, empathy, or remorse. Petitioner filed a pro se motion, which the court interpreted as a petition for habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. 2254, and dismissed. The Sixth Circuit affirmed. After examining the state's parole system, the court concluded that petitioner identified only a basis for his hope of parole, but did not identify a protected liberty interest to which he is entitled under the Fourteenth Amendment.
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