Shaffner v. Commonwealth

WADDILL, Commissioner.

Appellant, who is confined in the federal penitentiary at Atlanta, Georgia, filed this action in the Jefferson Circuit Court under CR 60.02 for an order preventing the enforcement of a parole violation warrant which was issued on the authority of the Kentucky Division of Probation and Parole. By such procedure appellant seeks to nullify a detainer that had also been issued by the Kentucky authorities and lodged with federal prison authorities which allegedly prevents him from becoming eligible for federal parole. Appellant contends that Kentucky had forfeited its right…