Edward Eugene Brown v. U. S. Attorney General

This appeal is from the district court’s denial of the petition for mandamus of Edward Brown, a federal prisoner, seeking credit on his sentence for certain time spent in state custody. We affirm the denial of relief on the points ruled on below, but remand for further proceedings on a claim as to which the district court made no specific ruling.

In his mandamus petition the appellant alleged that he was released on parole from his SV^-year federal sentence on April 28, 1970. While he was on parole, the appellant was arrested on August 4, 1970 by state authorities in South Carolina on a state…