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EDWARDS v. DEWALT

No. 09-5533.

681 F.3d 780 (2012)

George H. EDWARDS, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. Stephen DEWALT, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: June 1, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Craig I. Chosiad , Jones Day, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Claire McCusker Murray , United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Craig I. Chosiad , Jones Day, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Claire McCusker Murray , United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., Charles P. Wisdom, Jr. , David E. Middleton , Assistant United States Attorneys, Lexington, Kentucky, for Appellee. George H. Edwards, Jr. , Belleville, Illinois, pro se.

Before: DAUGHTREY, COLE, and ROGERS, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

ROGERS, Circuit Judge.

This habeas appeal ostensibly presents a difficult question of statutory interpretation involving the lingering effects of long-since superseded federal special parole statutes. However, we do not need to reach the question because habeas relief must be denied on the basis of a parole regulation under the regular parole scheme. Petitioner contends that the parole regulation in question illegally circumvents a statutorily required...

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