BOWERS v. KELLER

No. 10-12170.

651 F.3d 1277 (2011)

Veronza L. BOWERS, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. Jeffrey KELLER, Warden, United States Parole Commission, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 26, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Weisselberg, University of California, Sch. of Law, Berkeley, CA, A. Stephens Clay, IV, C. Allen Garrett, Jr., Kilpatrick, Townsend & Stockton, LLP, Atlanta, GA, Theodore D. Frank, Arnold & Porter, LLP, Washington, DC, Bryan Gaynor, Law Office of Bryan Gaynor, Areata, CA, Thomas W. Stoever, Jr., Arnold & Porter, LLP, Denver, CO, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Robert David Powell,   Lawrence R. Sommerfeld, Sally Yates, U.S. Attys, Atlanta, GA, Respondent-Appellee.

Before HULL and BLACK, Circuit Judges, and HUCK, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

Veronza L. Bowers appeals the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. Bowers is subject to the 1976 Parole Commission and Reorganization Act because he is incarcerated for an offense he committed prior to the effective date of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines — specifically, Bowers is serving a life sentence for the 1976 murder of a U.S. Park Ranger. The primary issue before us...

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