Clark A. Rivera v. United States

This case is before the court on the court’s own motion pursuant to Rule 9(a) of the rules of this court. Mr. Rivera has filed a response to the order of this court to show cause why the case should not be dismissed.

Rivera was sentenced by United States District Judge Edward Devitt on June 24, 1974, for an eight year period with the proviso that he would be eligible for parole at such time as the Board of Parole should determine. At that time Rivera was nineteen years of age. The trial court did not, at the time of sentencing, make a finding that the petitioner was or was not a suitable…