SHEPARD v. UNITED STATES BD. OF PAROLE

No. 999, Docket 76-2021.

541 F.2d 322 (1976)

Lyman T. SHEPARD, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES BOARD OF PAROLE, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided September 7, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phylis Skloot Bamberger, New York City (William J. Gallagher, The Legal Aid Society, Federal Defender Services Unit, New York City, of counsel), for appellant.

Mitchell B. Dubick, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C. (Richard L. Thornburgh, Asst. Atty. Gen., George W. Calhoun, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., of counsel), for appellee.

Before KAUFMAN, Chief Judge, and SMITH and MANSFIELD, Circuit Judges.


J. JOSEPH SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Lyman Shepard, a federal parolee serving a state prison sentence for a crime committed while on parole, appeals an order entered by the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York, James T. Foley, Chief Judge, denying his habeas corpus petition seeking relief in absence of prompt parole revocation hearing. We reverse and remand.

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In July of 1972, on...

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