Owens v. Gaines

MEMORANDUM OPINION

SULLIVAN, District Judge.

Petitioner Larry Owens filed this petition for writ of habeas corpus alleging that the U.S. Parole Commission was without jurisdiction to revoke his parole based on a supplemental warrant issued after the expiration of his sentence. The United States opposes the petition, ai'guing that the Commission was within its regulatory and statutory authority to add new grounds for revocation after the expiration of the sentence because a valid warrant was issued before the sentence expired and the conduct upon which the new grounds for revocation was based…