FARMER v. UNITED STATES PAROLE COM'N

No. 77-2017.

588 F.2d 54 (1978)

Floyd Eugene FARMER, Jr., Appellant, v. UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided November 29, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Wolff, Third Year Law Student (Michael E. Geltner and Larry J. Ritchie, Washington, D.C., App. Litigation Clinic, Georgetown University Law Center, on brief), for appellant.

Patrick J. Glynn, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C. (Benjamin R. Civiletti, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C., William B. Cummings, U.S. Atty., Stephen Wainger, Asst. U.S. Atty., Norfolk, Va., George W. Calhoun, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., on brief), for appellee.

Before BUTZNER, WIDENER, and HALL, Circuit Judges.


WIDENER, Circuit Judge:

Floyd Eugene Farmer appeals from the judgment of the district court dismissing his motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. We affirm.

Upon his conviction of bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a), Farmer was sentenced on August 9, 1973 to be imprisoned for a period of twenty years. The sentence was imposed under former 18 U.S.C. § 4208(a)(2), and provided that Farmer would become eligible for parole at such time as the...

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