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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Richard Pickus v. United States Board of Parole, 543 F.2d 240 (1976)

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Richard Pickus v. United States Board of Parole, 543 F.2d 240 (1976)
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Richard Pickus v. United States Board of Parole, 543 F.2d 240 (1976)
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1976-06-09

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(tax assessment rates). The general principle that notice and comment rulemaking is constitutionally sufficient for policy decisions is applicable, at least in the absence of extraordinary circumstances mandating an exception. In the present “prisoner’s rights” case the general notice-and-comment principle is supported by a normal governmental interest in efficient decisionmaking and buttressed by its special interest in avoiding disruption of a “closed, tightly controlled [prison] environment.” Wolff v. McDonnell,