LEWIS v. MARTIN

No. 88-2710.

880 F.2d 288 (1989)

James William LEWIS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Tommy C. MARTIN, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

July 24, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald V. Morano, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner-appellant.

William S. Price, U.S. Atty., and H. Lee Schmidt, Asst. U.S. Atty., Oklahoma City, Okl., for respondent-appellee.

Before LOGAN, SEYMOUR and BALDOCK, Circuit Judges.


SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner James William Lewis, a federal prisoner, filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (1982) in the Western District of Oklahoma. The district court denied the writ, and we now affirm.1

I.

Petitioner Lewis' claims bring before this court the question of the parole status of prisoners sentenced before the effective date of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 under...

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