Benedict v. United States Parole Commission

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

COHN, District Judge.

Before the Court is a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241, challenging the September 25, 1981 decision of Respondent, the United States Parole Commission, denying Petitioner release on parole. Petitioner contends that he is entitled to habeas relief because: (1) Respondent’s application of then recently revised parole decision-making guidelines, 28 C.F.R. § 2.20 (1981), to his parole application violated the ex post facto clause of the Constitution, and (2) Respondent improperly determined his “salient factor…