Harry Lawrence Barr v. J. J. Parker, Warden, United States Penitentiary

Petitioner, an inmate at McNeil Island Penitentiary, filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that the United States Board of Parole erroneously revoked his parole. We affirm the District Court’s denial of his application.

On March 25, 1969, petitioner secured a mandatory release from his four-year federal prison term. Pursuant to 18 U. S.C. § 4164, a prisoner so released shall “be deemed as if released on parole until the expiration of the maximum term or terms for which he was sentenced less one hundred and eighty days.” In petitioner’s case he was therefore subject to…