United States v. George Henry Hock, Jr.

The appellant Hock was sentenced to five years imprisonment by the court below for mail thefts and illegally transporting a motor vehicle in interstate commerce. He was subsequently sentenced to a prison term of three and one-half years by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York for another mail theft. Hock filed a motion in the court below apparently pursuant to Section 2255, Title 28 U.S.C., to correct the “sentence” imposed on him by the Parole Board. The court below denied the relief sought without stating its grounds.

The appellant asserts that he is…