James E. Little v. Hal Hopkins, Warden, and Harold Williams, Unit Manager

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court dismissing a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner was a prisoner in the Federal Correctional Institution in Memphis, Tennessee. His petition sought review and revocation of a Bureau of Prisons disciplinary proceeding in which he was sanctioned for engaging in business activities in violation of BOP regulations and the return of some documents confiscated by the BOP. Petitioner sought habeas relief in spite of his failure to exhaust his administrative remedies, arguing that the imminency of his parole hearing excused his…