JONES v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 84-3695, 85-3706.

783 F.2d 1477 (1986)

Fred Lenn JONES, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided March 6, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janet Sherman, Santa Monica, Cal., for petitioner-appellant.

Jerry Diskin, Asst. U.S. Atty., Seattle, Wash., for respondent-appellee.

Before WRIGHT and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges, and INGRAM, District Judge.


EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

In this case we are asked to decide whether alleged inaccuracies in a presentence report or the sentencing judge's subjective expectations about the Parole Commission's application of parole guidelines are sufficient grounds to vacate or amend a sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. The district court denied Jones' § 2255 motion, and we affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS BELOW

Jones was convicted in 1978 of conspiracy...

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