Richard Piekarski v. Joseph B. Bogan and United States Parole Commission

ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

This case is about when Mr. Piekarski is entitled to get out of prison. He was sentenced in 1984 to twenty-five years in jail, with the possibility of parole, for interfering with interstate commerce by threats and violence, and for interstate transportation to further a racketeering scheme. In 1987, the United States Parole Commission, at its initial hearing on Piekarski’s case, determined that he would be eligible for parole in 1994 — after serving one-third of his sentence (one hundred months) in prison. The Regional Commissioner adopted this recommendation and set…