ABSTRACT
Petitioners in the habeas corpus proceedings claimed that their paroles were revoked without a hearing and that they were thereby deprived of due process. Under Nebraska statutes, a prison inmate becomes eligible for discretionary parole when his minimum term, less good-time credits, has been served. Hearings are conducted in two stages to determine whether to grant or deny parole: initial review hearings and final parole hearings. The Court of Appeals, agreeing, held that the inmates had the same kind of constitutionally protected “conditional liberty” interest as was recognized in Morrissey v. Brewer, 408 U. S. 471, also found a statutorily defined, protectible interest in § 83–1, 114, and required, inter alia, that a formal hearing be held for every inmate eligible for parole and that every adverse parole decision include a statement of the evidence relied upon by the Board.
