DEVENY v. UNITED STATES BD. OF PAROLE

No. 76-4131 Summary Calendar.

565 F.2d 875 (1978)

Michael DEVENY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES BOARD OF PAROLE, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 4, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Deveny, pro se.

John D. Stokes, U. S. Atty., Sherman D. Johnson, Asst. U. S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., for respondent-appellee.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, RONEY and HILL, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Deveny seeks dismissal of a detainer filed by the United States Parole Board with the Georgia Department of Corrections. He contends that he has completed serving the 20-year sentence imposed upon him by the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri in 1957. Although originally filed as a habeas corpus action under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, the District Court found that Deveny was not contesting the legality of his sentence, but the...

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