Warren v. Bolster et al, No. 1:2018cv00601 - Document 20 (E.D. Va. 2018)

Court Description: MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema on 11/08/2018. (c/s to petitioner)(dvanm, )

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Warren v. Bolster et al Doc. 20 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA Alexandria Division Morris J. Warren, Petitioner, I:18cv601(LMB/MSN) V. United States Parole Commission,^aL, Respondents. MEMORANDUM OPINION Morris J. Warren("Warren" or "petitioner"), a federal inmate proceeding pro se, has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. ยง 2241, arguing that his rights under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments were violated when the United States Parole Commission("USPC")declined to release him on parole in 2017. The matter is before the Court on a Motion for Summary Judgment filed jointly by respondents USPC; J. Ray Ormond,the Warden of FCC Petersburg, petitioner's current place ofconfinement; and Mark Bolster, FCC Petersburg's Associate Warden. Petitioner has responded to the motion. For the reasons that follow, the motion will be granted. I. Background Warren is presently serving a 15-year-to-life sentence in federal custody for multiple convictions entered in D.C. Superior Court. On October 18,2017,the USPC considered Warren for parole and, as it had done in several earlier reviews, declined to release him after finding it reasonably probable that he would not obey the law if released and that his release likely would endanger public safety. The decision was based on Warren's commission of his current offenses while on parole for prior crimes of robbery and assault, his separate Maryland conviction for Dockets.Justia.com

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