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· 9/4/2007

Sherman v. United States Parole Commission

Citations

  • 502 F.3d 869
  • 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 21071
  • 2007 WL 2473150

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that parole officers need only a reasonable belief that a parole violation has occurred to arrest a parolee
  • “[s]ection 4213 expressly authorizes only ‘the Commission’ to issue a parole violator ‘warrant’ and thereby provides for an administrative warrant”
  • “By now it is clear that parole searches and seizures must ‘pass muster under the Fourth Amendment test of reasonableness.’”
  • \We hold that neither 18 U.S.C. § 4213 nor the Fourth Amendment require an oath or affirmation for the issuance of a valid administrative warrant for the retaking of an alleged parole violator.\

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Judges: Brunetti, Nelson, Paez

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