MATTHEWS v. MEESE

No. 87-1419.

827 F.2d 313 (1987)

Kenneth R. MATTHEWS, Appellant, v. Edwin MEESE, Attorney General of the United States; Norman A. Carlson, Director of the United States Bureau of Prisons; Benjamin F. Bauer, Chairman, United States Parole Commission; Victor Reyes, Commissioner, United States Parole Commission; Other Unnamed Co-Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 24, 1987.

Rehearing Denied September 24, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth R. Matthews, pro se.

Richard M. Pence, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., Little Rock, Ark., for appellees.

Before McMILLIAN, JOHN R. GIBSON and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Kenneth R. Matthews, a federal parolee, appeals from a final order entered in the District Court1 for the Eastern District of Arkansas dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus brought under 28 U.S.C. § 2241. For reversal, Matthews argues (1) the district court erred in failing to grant him credit against his sentence for a period during which he was free from custody pending various judicial appeals and (2)...

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