Robert Hutchings v. U.S. Parole Commission Calzona Hall, Director of the St. Louis County Justice

HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

Robert Hutchings was convicted of two counts of mail fraud, one count of wire fraud, and one count of making a false statement to a bank. As part of his sentence, he was ordered to pay $250,000 in restitution. Hutchings was paroled 2 three times, and each time his parole was revoked by the U.S. Parole Commission (Commission) for failure to pay restitution. Hutchings petitioned the district court for a writ of habeas corpus, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (1999), claiming that the third time the Commission revoked his parole, it lacked jurisdiction, and violated his due…