United States of America Ex Rel. Alex Metro v. United States Parole Commission

After exhausting his administrative remedies, appellant, Alex Metro, filed a pro se petition for habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 and for mandamus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1361. Metro seeks to require the Parole Commission to conduct a “meaningful” parole reconsideration hearing in 1980 rather than in 1982. The District Court dismissed appellant’s petition on the recommendation of the United States Magistrate. For the reasons below, we affirm.

Appellant Metro, a federal prisoner at the United States Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia, is serving a 20-year sentence imposed in early 1972…