Woodrow Mason v. Ruben Askew, Governor of the State of Florida

This is an appeal from the order of the district court for the Southern District of Florida dismissing appellant’s complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and denying a writ of habeas corpus. We grant a certificate of probable cause to appeal the denial of habeas corpus 1 ; and finding no error in the action of the court below, we affirm.

Appellant, Woodrow Mason, was convicted of murder in Florida in 1955 and sentenced to prison. He was paroled in 1966; but, following his acquittal on another murder charge in 1970, Mason’s parole was revoked. Contending that the parole revocation proceeding was…