U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, 1966

Gilbert F. Postelwait v. J. T. Willingham, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas

Gilbert F. Postelwait v. J. T. Willingham, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · Decided September 12, 1966 · Pickett, Hill, Payne
365 F.2d 759; 1966 U.S. App. LEXIS 5014 (Federal Reporter, Second Series)

Gilbert F. Postelwait v. J. T. Willingham, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

Appellant, a prisoner in the United States Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas, appeals from an order dismissing his habeas corpus petition without a hearing. The essence of his contention is that after revocation of his parole and return to prison, he was entitled to have credited against his sentence the time during which he was on parole, because he was in constructive custody of the Attorney General of the United States. This same argument was rejected by this court in Weathers v. Willingham, 356 F.2d 421. Sentence can be served only by imprisonment or by unrevoked parole.

Affirmed.

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