United States of America Ex Rel. Robert Graham v. The United States Parole Commission

GEE, Circuit Judge:

In September 1973, petitioner Robert Graham was convicted of bank robbery and assault and sentenced to fifteen years in prison under 18 U.S.C. § 4208(a)(2) (1970) (current version at id. § 4205(b)(2) (1976)). He received an initial parole hearing in December 1974, at which time parole was denied and a review hearing scheduled for December 1977, pursuant to regulations then in effect requiring that prisoners be considered for parole at least once every three years. 28 C.F.R. § 2.14 (1974). 1

In 1976, Congress passed the Parole Commission and Reorganization Act of 1976, 18…