Richard T. Lynch v. United States

Appellant, who is confined in a federal penitentiary, challenges the right of the government to deny him credit for the accumulated good conduct time he earned prior to release on parole and his violation thereof. 1 See 18 U.S.C. § 4161.

The appellant contends that 18 U.S.C. § 4165 is the sole statutory authority whereunder his good time credits can be forfeited. That section provides for forfeiture in event of misconduct by a convict while he is imprisoned.

The statute which governs the appellant’s case is 18 U.S.C. § 4207, providing in pertinent part as follows:

If such order of parole shall…