Jose Matamoros v. Greg Grams

BAUER, Circuit Judge.

In 1983, Jose Matamoros was sentenced to ten years in prison, with a three-year special parole term to follow. When the ordinary parole term for his prison sentence finally expired in 2005, Matamoros’ parole officer wrote him a letter and issued a Notice of Discharge which explained that Matamoros’ parole term had expired and that he was no longer subject to supervision by the U.S. Parole Commission. Neither the Commission nor Matamoros’ parole officer noticed that Matamoros still had the special parole term left to serve until roughly one month later, when the Commission…