Benjamin Peak v. Joseph S. Petrovsky, Warden, United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners, and United States Parole Commission

ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

Benjamin Peak appeals from the District Court’s 1 dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition for writ of habeas corpus. For reversal he contends that (1) the United States Parole Commission abused its discretion in classifying the severity of his offense as “Greatest I,” and (2) the Government failed to abide by express or implied promises regarding parole which induced his guilty plea. We hold that the Parole Commission acted within its broad discretionary authority, and we therefore affirm.

I

In 1976, Peak and several eo-conspirators destroyed two Indiana supermarkets by…