Shawn Whiteside, Appellant v. Arkansas Parole Board, Appellee

Summary

The court affirmed dismissal of an inmate’s petition seeking judicial review of a parole-board decision. It held that, even assuming the governing statute could create a liberty interest in transfer to community corrections, the petition did not allege facts showing that the inmate satisfied the statute’s criteria for mandatory transfer. Justice Hart, dissenting, would have first considered whether the circuit court had authority to hear an appeal from the parole board.