Legal Opinion
Vierra v. United States
District Court, D. Hawaii
Decided August 29, 1997No. CIV. 97-00926 ACK, CRIM. 86-00604-02 ACKPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART PETITIONER’S § 2255 MOTION
KAY, Chief Judge.
ISSUE
Is 28 C.F.R. § 2.57(c) giving the Parole Commission (“Commission”) the authority to re-release a prisoner on special parole after the original term of special parole has been revoked inconsistent with 21 U.S.C. § 841(c), and thus invalid.
FACTUAL BACKGROUND
On May 6, 1986, a federal grand jury in Hawaii indicted Darrell D. Vidad and Robin K. Vierra (“Petitioner”) on multiple marijuana distribution charges. Petitioner was charged in four counts with distributing small amounts of marijuana on four different…
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