Ronald Rich v. Stephen Maranville

FEINBERG, Circuit Judge.

Ronald Rich appeals from a decision of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont (William K. Sessions III, J.) denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Rich is serving parole under the supervision of the United States Parole Commission as a result of a 1985 narcotics conviction.

This case arises out of a series of legislative acts enacted, repealed or replaced over a period of more than 20 years. Fundamentally, Rich’s appeal asks us to interpret the word “revoke” in the special parole statute, 21 U.S.C. § 841(c) (1982 ed.) (repealed 1984), a…