Legal Opinion
Boyden v. Reno
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 21, 1997No. 95-55993PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Per curiam
Federal prisoner Gerald Boyden appeals the district court’s denial of his habeas corpus petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. Boyden contends that the district court should have quashed his United States Parole Commission (“Commission”) warrant be*268cause: (1) the Commission was abolished by the Sentencing Reform Act; and (2) his Canadian sentence had expired under the terms of the Treaty between the United States and Canada on the Execution of Penal Sentences. We find no merit in either claim and affirm the district court.
FACTS
Boyden was arrested on October 12, 1975 in Canada for smuggling…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Frederick E. Hopper v. United States Parole CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
- Mosa v. RogersCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
- John William Russie v. United States Department of Justice, United States Parole Commission, United States Marshal, and King County JailCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
- Gerald Glen Boyden v. Griffin Bell, Attorney General, and L. R. Putnam, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
- Thomas Michael Powell v. U.S. Bureau of Prisons, John Allman, Superintendent, Etc., Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
3Cited by1 opinion
- 97 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 457, 97 Daily Journal D.A.R. 707 Gerald Boyden v. Janet Reno, Attorney General of the United States of America U.S. Parole CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1997