No. 19-8258October Term 2019Decided Jun 1, 2020
Goree v. Mich. Parole Bd.
This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by a petitioner seeking review of a decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit regarding the Michigan Parole Board.
Case status
- Current stage
- Decided
- Latest event
- Decision released Jun 1, 2020
- What it's about
This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by a petitioner seeking review of a decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit regarding the Michigan Parole Board.
Question presented
1. Whether the Michigan Parole Board's use of "un-scored" or "subjective" criteria to deny parole violates the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment? 2. Whether the Michigan Parole Board's failure to provide a meaningful opportunity for release to a prisoner who has served his minimum sentence violates the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment?
- Case path
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit / Decision released Jun 1, 2020
- Area
Decided Supreme Court case
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Grounding
- Grounding
- Primary-source trail available.
- Note
- Plain-English explainer. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.
- Checked
- Mar 30, 2026
- Method
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