Thompson v. Crabtree

William Hale Thompson appeals the denial of his petition for a writ of mandamus1 to compel the United States Parole Commission to hold a prompt revocation hearing on outstanding charges of parole violation and, if his parole is revoked, to credit his sentence on the underlying offense with time served on intervening bank robbery convictions. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

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Thompson was sentenced to fifteen years for bank robbery in 1982. He was paroled in August 1988, with approximately nine years remaining to be served. In September 1988, the Commission issued a warrant alleging five…