No. 18-7359

Billy Joe Greenwood v. Tennessee Board of Parole

Lower Court: Tennessee
Docketed: 2019-01-10
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: arbitrary-and-capricious civil-rights discrimination discriminatory and illegal application of its par due-process hence causing them to serve more time than those parole violate the equal-protection arbitrary-and-capricious constitutional-rights discrimination discriminatory-application due-process equal-protection judicial-review offense-severity parole parole-system sentencing
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2019-03-15
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does Tennessee's arbitrary, discriminatory and illegal application of its parole review and release consideration utilizing the seriousness of the offense to deny parole to those with protesters, hence causing them to serve more time than those equally situated or having more serious offenses but have minimal or no protesters, violate the equal protection clause of the United States Constitution?

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW ; TENNESSEE’S PAROLE SYSTEM, AS DOES THOSE OF MANY STATES, UTILIZE . SERIOUSNESS OF THE OFFENSE AS A MEANS OF DENYING PAROLE. THE PROBLEM, HOWEVER, IS THAT THE SAME IS BEING USES AS A POLITICAL VEHICLE AND HENCE APPLIED IN AN ARBITRARY, DISCRIMINATORY AND ILLEGAL MANNER. INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE COMMITTED THE SAME AND/OR MORE SERIOUS OFFENSES, BUT HAVE NO PROTESTERS, ARE GRANTED PAROLE DISPROPORTIONALLY TO THOSE WHO DO NOT. MR. GREENWOOD FILED A STATE COURT WRIT OF CERTIORARI CHALLENGING THIS, HOWEVER, ABSENT ANY DISCOVERY OR AN EVIDENTIARY HEARING TO PROVE HIS CLAIMS, THE TENNESSEE COURTS DENIED THE SAME AS NOT VIOLATIVE OF THE EQUAL PROTECTION CLAUSE OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION. THE SINGLE QUESTION HERE ASK: 1, Does Tennessee’s arbitrary, discriminatory and illegal application of its parole review and release consideration utilizing the seriousness of the offense to deny parole to those with protesters, hence causing them to serve more time than those equally situated or having more serious offenses but have minimal or no protesters, violate the equal protection clause of the United States Constitution? . . | ili :

Docket Entries

2019-03-18
Petition DENIED.
2019-02-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/15/2019.
2019-02-07
Waiver of right of respondent Tennessee Board of Parole to respond filed.
2018-05-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 11, 2019)

Attorneys

Billy Joe Greenwood
Billy Joe Greenwood — Petitioner
Billy Joe Greenwood — Petitioner
Tennessee Board of Parole
Thomas J. AumannState of Tennessee, Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
Thomas J. AumannState of Tennessee, Office of the Attorney General, Respondent