No. 19-5127

William D. Dunne v. G. J. Bissett, Warden

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-07-09
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: aggregated-sentences consecutive-sentences federal-prisoner federal-prisoners habeas-corpus mandatory-parole mandatory-release parole parole-eligibility pre-SRA sentence-calculation sentencing sentencing-reform-act statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (from Petition)

Does pre-Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 (SRA)--"old law"
— parole statute 18 USC §42.06(d) mandating federal prisoners'
lease on parole absent certain findings after service of two-
thirds or thirty years of each consecutive term or terms, which
ever is earlier, apply to petitioner's 1980 95 year aggregate
federal sentence such that he is eligible for mandatory parole
after serving 30 years or to the dis-aggregated individual compon
ents of that sentence such that he must serve two-thirds of eachrefor a total of 63 1/3- years prior to mandatory parole eligibility?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does pre-Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 (SRA)-2 old law parole statute apply to petitioner's 1980 95 year aggregate federal sentence

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-07-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-07-22
Waiver of right of respondent Bissett, Warden, G. J. to respond filed.
2019-03-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 8, 2019)

Attorneys

Bissett, Warden, G. J.
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
William D. Dunne
William D. Dunne — Petitioner