Lizama v. United States Parole Commission

ROBERT M. PARKER, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner Victor Lizama is a federal prisoner who was transferred to the United States from Mexico to continue serving a Mexican sentence for “Simple Homicide.” The United States Parole Commission (“Commission”) determined a release date for petitioner pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 4106A(b)(1)(A). Petitioner appeals the Commission’s determination that the federal offense most analogous to Lizama’s Mexican crime was second-degree murder. We affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Lizama, a United States citizen, killed Jose Martin Rios Hernandez in La Paz, Baja…