Bolden v. Clemmer

LEWIS, District Judge.

Joseph A. Bolden, Jr., an inmate at the Lorton Reformatory, seeks his release upon the ground the District of Columbia Board of Parole refuses to grant him a parole hearing. The validity of his sentences is not in dispute.

Bolden was sentenced in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia on April 18, 1958, for simple assault and for robbery and carrying a dangerous weapon, said sentences to run concurrently; total sentences, five to fifteen years. He claims he was eligible for parole April 17, 1963. The Board of Parole says he will not become eligible…