James Lloyd Hubbert v. United States Parole Commission

This is an appeal from an order of the district court denying appellant’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus, and granting respondent’s motion for summary judgment on petitioner’s claim for damages. This appeal is being considered on briefs and record without oral argument pursuant to Rule 2, Fed.R.App.P. At issue is whether good time reduces the term of a sentence, including time to be spent on parole, or only reduces time to be spent in prison.

Petitioner was sentenced by the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, on March 9, 1971, to a four year term of…