No. 20-7026

Jerome Berry v. Teri Lawson, Superintendent, Farmington Correctional Center

Lower Court: Missouri
Docketed: 2021-02-04
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: arbitrary-application board-of-probation discriminatory-treatment due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus missouri-sexual-offenders-program parole sexual-offenders state-courts
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2021-02-26
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the Missouri courts err in failing to find that Petitioner was entitled to immediate release due to the Missouri Board of Probation and Paroles arbitrary, capricious and discriminatory application of the Missouri Sexual Offenders Program to him violating his rights to due process, and equal protection under law?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Petitioner Jerome Berry is serving an aggregate forty-five year sentence for rape, kidnaping, and attempted robbery. He has served over thirty-nine years of his sentence, and has completed his thirty-year sentences for rape. His presumptive parole and conditional release dates have passed. He has long ago served the retributive portion of his sentence. But for the Missouri Board of Probation and Paroles arbitrary, capricious and discriminatory application of the Missouri Sexual Offenders Program, he would be a free man. The state circuit court, court of appeals, and Missouri Supreme Court denied Petitioner habeas relief. The question presented is: Did the Missouri courts err in failing to find that Petitioner was entitled to immediate release due to the Missouri Board of Probation and Paroles arbitrary, capricious and discriminatory application of the Missouri Sexual Offenders Program to him violating his rights to due process, and equal protection under law? ~ii

Docket Entries

2021-03-01
Petition DENIED.
2021-02-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/26/2021.
2021-02-05
Waiver of right of respondent Teri Lawson to respond filed.
2021-01-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 8, 2021)

Attorneys

Jerome Berry
Kevin Louis SchrienerLaw & Schriener, LLC, Petitioner
Kevin Louis SchrienerLaw & Schriener, LLC, Petitioner
Teri Lawson
D. John SauerOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
D. John SauerOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent