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ROBBINS v. REED

No. 14883.

269 F.2d 242 (1959)

William V. ROBBINS, Appellant, v. George J. REED, Chairman, United States Board of Parole, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 2, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Thomas F. Ryan, Jr., Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Mr. D. Robert Owen, Attorney, Department of Justice, of the bar of the Supreme Court of Texas pro hac vice, by special leave of court, with whom Messrs. Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty., and Harold H. Greene, Attorney, Department of Justice, were on the brief, for appellees. Messrs. Carl W. Belcher, and Nathan J. Paulson, Asst. U. S. Attys., also entered appearances for appellees.

Before Mr. Justice BURTON, retired, and EDGERTON and FAHY, Circuit Judges.

FAHY, Circuit Judge.

Appellant sued in the District Court for a declaratory judgment and a mandatory injunction, seeking release from the United States Penitentiary in Atlanta, where he was detained after revocation of his parole. Defendants, appellees, are the members of the United States Board of Parole, located in the District of Columbia. The District Court granted their motion to dismiss, being of the opinion that it lacked jurisdiction to grant the essential...

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