Legal Opinion

George C. Desmond v. The United States Board of Parole

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided October 21, 1968No. 7009PublishedCited by 34 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

COFFIN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a district court denial of a “Petition for Injunction” filed by appellant pro se seeking to enjoin the United States Parole Board from enforcing a detainer upon his release from his current confinement in a state penal institution. The district court dismissed the petition “on its merits” and without hearing.

The major issue raised is whether, in resentencing appellant after partially served prior sentences had been voided, the district court treated as vested and indefeasible “good conduct time” which had accrued in the service of the earlier…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Peyton v. RoweSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. George C. Desmond, and v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1965
  3. United States v. Wayne Francis MorseCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1965
  4. Cook v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1948
  5. James O. Frierson v. William P. Rogers, United States Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961

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3Cited by34 opinions

  1. Word v. North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1969
  2. Lalla v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1971
  3. Walter Olie Noorlander v. United States Attorney General and His SubordinatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1972
  4. Morton v. HammondAlaska Supreme Court · 1979
  5. United States v. Nevarez-DiazDistrict Court, N.D. Indiana · 1986

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