A federal appeals court has declined to revive the civil rights case of an inmate who claims he was denied fair parole hearings because corrections workers left out documentation that he was in rehabilitation program.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Tuesday denied inmate Dana E. Young Sr.'s appeal of the district court's summary judgment order.

According to the court's per curiam order, “In 1983, a Lehigh County jury found Young guilty of twenty-three separate counts, including rape, two counts of kidnapping, indecent assault, and indecent exposure. He was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of twenty-one to forty-two years. Young first became eligible for parole in 2004, but he has been denied parole on at least five occasions, with each decision 'citing failure to participate in sex offender program.'”

Young claimed his due process rights were violated when staff allegedly failed to ensure his file reflected that he was involved in a Structured Treatment Education Program.