United States Ex Rel. Hitchcock v. Kenton

TIMBERS, Chief Judge.

This is another in a series of cases which disclose — with far more frequency, at least in this District, than is consistent with inadvertence — an unreasonable delay in providing a parole revocation hearing to a parolee retaken upon a warrant issued by the Board of Parole pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 4207. See, e. g., United States ex rel. Buono v. Kenton, 287 F.2d 534, 535-536 (2 Cir. 1961), cert, denied, 368 U.S. 846, 82 S.Ct. 75, 7 L.Ed.2d 44 (1961) (113 day delay unreasonable) ; United States ex rel. Vance v. Kenton, 252 F.Supp. 344, 347 (D.Conn. 1966) (123 day delay…