Sutherland v. District of Columbia Board of Parole

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

GESELL, District Judge.

Plaintiff, an inmate at the Federal Penitentiary at McNeil Island, Washington, seeks a writ of habeas corpus directing the District of Columbia Board of Parole to withdraw a parole violation warrant lodged as a detainer against him at the penitentiary. ■ Plaintiff contends that the Board lacks jurisdiction to execute its warrant and that its decision to maintain the warrant as a detainer without affording plaintiff a parole revocation hearing violates plaintiff’s right to due process of law under the Fifth Amendment to the United States…