George H. Edwards, Jr. v. Stephen Dewalt

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ostensibly presents a difficult question of statutory interpretation involving the lingering effects of long-since superseded federal special parole statutes.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 exercise of case-by-case decision-making by the Parole Commission. Because the regulation is a valid across-the-board exercise of the…