United States v. Donald Joe Wilson, Daniel Clarence Turner and Billy Edward Lacy

Appellant Donald Joe Wilson, proceeding pro se, appeals the district court’s 1 denial of his motion to vacate sentence and judgment pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. For the reasons indicated below, we affirm.

Appellant was sentenced in 1973 to a term of life imprisonment for interstate transportation of a kidnapped person. Sentence was imposed in the Eastern District of Arkansas 2 pursuant to the provisions of 18 U.S.C. § 4208(a)(2), 3 under which appellant would be eligible for parole at any time within the discretion of the United States Board of Parole. No appeal was taken from the judgment.

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