Sheppard v. United States Parole Commission

MEMORANDUM

NEALON, District Judge.

Petitioner, an inmate at United States Penitentiary-Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, filed this habeas corpus petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2241. His petition was based upon three distinct due process claims, asserting that Respondent abridged his rights by (1) considering information in his presentence report which the sentencing court found to be inaccurate; (2) basing their decision to increase his offense severity rating on disputed information which was arbitrary and capricious and lacked a rational basis; and, (3) not affording him the opportunity to contest the…