James Edward Verner v. United States Parole Commission

STEPHEN H. ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.

James Edward Verner appeals the decision of the United States Parole Commission-(the “Commission”) sentencing him to life imprisonment with no possibility of parole following his transfer from the Canadian to the United States penal system. We have jurisdiction over this appeal pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 4106A(b)(2)(A), (B) (Commission’s decision is appealable to court of appeals which is to “decide and dispose of’ appeal as though the decision were a sentence imposed by a federal district court.). We affirm.

BACKGROUND

In 1976, Verner was convicted in Canada of…