ADDONIZIO v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 77-1542, 77-1621 and 77-2373.

573 F.2d 147 (1978)

Hugh J. ADDONIZIO v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellant in No. 77-1542. Thomas J. WHELAN, and Thomas M. Flaherty, Appellants in No. 77-1621, v. UNITED STATES of America. Thomas J. WHELAN, # 73405-158, Thomas M. Flaherty, # 73404-158, Appellants in No. 77-2373, v. Floyd E. ARNOLD, Warden, U. S. Penitentiary, Lewisburg, Pa., and Maurice H. Sigler, Chairman, United States Board of Parole.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided February 27, 1978.

As Amended April 3, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Del Tufo, U. S. Atty., Newark, N. J., for the United States of America; Maryanne T. Desmond, Chief, Appeals Division, Newark, N. J., on brief.

Scarpone & Edelson, Newark, N. J., for Hugh J. Addonizio; Michael Edelson, Newark, N. J., of counsel and on brief.

Greenspan, Kanarek, Jaffe & Funk, White Plains, N. Y., Ernest Allen Cohen, Hackensack, N. J., Blakinger, Grove & Chillas, P. C., Lancaster, Pa., for appellants Thomas J. Whelan and Thomas M. Flaherty; Leon J. Greenspan, and Joseph D. DeSalvo, White Plains, N. Y., of counsel.

S. John Cottone, U. S. Atty., Scranton, Pa., Joseph F. Cimini, Asst. U. S. Atty., Lewisburg, Pa., for appellees Floyd E. Arnold and Maurice H. Sigler.

Before ALDISERT and HUNTER, Circuit Judges, and CAHN, District Judge.


OPINION OF THE COURT

ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.

These appeals require us to examine again the propriety of post-sentencing relief under 28 U.S.C. § 22551 by a sentencing court upon a showing that the sentencing judge's expectations were frustrated by subsequent changes in criteria considered by the Parole Commission granting or denying release. See 39 Fed.Reg. 20028-39 (1974...

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