Clarkson Fuller v. Kermit A. Weakley, Superintendent, Lorton Reformatory, Lorton, Va., & D. C. Board of Parole

J. SPENCER BELL, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from an order of the district court dismissing a petition for a writ of habeas corpus without an evidential hearing. The petitioner, Clarkson Fuller, was convicted in the District Court for the District of Columbia of violating 26 U.S.C.A. § 4705(a) (narcotics) and sentenced on February 27, 1959, under the provisions of 26 U.S.C.A. § 7237(b) to six years. He was incarcerated at Lorton, Virginia, a District of Columbia penal institution, where his good time allowance was computed under 18 U.S.C.A. § 4161.

On April 5, 1963, he was given a…