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Parties Involved:
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Appellee
United States of America
Appellee
Timothy Wallace
Appellant
C. Zych
Appellee

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-6088

TIMOTHY WALLACE,

 Petitioner – Appellant,

v.

FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; C. 

ZYCH, Warden, U.S.P. Lee,

 Respondents - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western 

District of Virginia, at Roanoke. Jackson L. Kiser, Senior

District Judge. (7:14-cv-00632-JLK-RSB)

Submitted: May 28, 2015 Decided: June 16, 2015

Before NIEMEYER and FLOYD, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior 

Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Timothy Wallace, Appellant Pro Se. 

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Timothy Wallace, a federal prisoner, appeals the district 

court’s order denying relief on his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (2012)

petition. Wallace’s petition asserts due-process and 

equal-protection claims related to the United States Parole 

Commission’s refusal to grant him parole. Federal prisoners may 

challenge decisions of the Parole Commission by petitioning for 

habeas corpus relief under § 2241. See Marshall v. Garrison, 

659 F.2d 440, 441-42 & n.2 (4th Cir. 1981). However, because 

Wallace failed to exhaust the appropriate administrative 

remedies to appeal the Parole Commission’s decisions, see 28 

C.F.R. §§ 2.26, 2.27 (2014), he is not entitled to habeas 

relief. Accordingly, we grant leave to proceed in forma 

pauperis and affirm the district court’s denial of Wallace’s 

§ 2241 petition. We dispense with oral argument because the 

facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the 

materials before this court and argument would not aid the 

decisional process.

AFFIRMED

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