Sinclair v. Henman’s Empirical Analysis

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41 federal appellate ·

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1. “Whether or not the Parole Commission unlawfully denied Petitioner a revocation hearing after service of the January 4, 1982 parole violator warrant turns on whether the June 25,1982 execution of the warrant was valid. In order for the execution to be valid, the Marshal’s Service must have executed the warrant according to Parole Commission instructions. If the execution was valid, the Parole Commission had a legal obligation to hold a parole revocation hearing within sixty days of service. Still v. United States Marshal, 780 F.2d 848, 851-52 (10th Cir.1985). If the execution was invalid because the Marshal’s Service did not follow the instructions of the United States Parole Commission, a parole revocation hearing was not required____”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Cronn v. Burkhart

2. “[o]ur review of a district court's denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus is de novo,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Lopez v. Shanks