United States v. John Doe

LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.

In 1978, John Doe pled guilty to two narcotics offenses, and was sentenced to the custody of the Attorney General for a term of six years pursuant to the Federal Youth Corrections Act (“FYCA”). 18 U.S.C. § 5005 et seq. Doe obtained an unconditional discharge from the United States Parole Commission in November 1982. This early, unconditional discharge had the effect of “automatically set[ting] aside” his two convictions, and the Parole Commission issued to Doe a certificate to that effect, as it was required to do under section 5021(a) of the FYCA. 1 Doe there…