Steerman v. United States Parole Commission

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

PECKHAM, Chief Judge.

INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff Steerman, a prisoner, has filed a petition for habeas corpus. For the reasons stated below, his petition is denied.

*763FACTS

In 1980, plaintiff Steerman was charged with three counts of mail fraud and one count of malicious destruction of a building. The court dismissed the latter count on motion of the government, but a jury-found plaintiff guilty of the mail fraud counts.

In plaintiff’s presentence report, the government explained that the mail frauds occurred when plaintiff collected insurance proceeds following a 1977 fire that…