Lorenzo Alberto Picrin-Peron v. Richard H. Rison, Warden

Richard Rison, as warden of the Federal Correctional Institution at Terminal Island in San Pedro, California, asks us to dismiss this appeal from the denial of Picrin-Pe-ron’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus claiming that the case is moot. We dismiss.

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Lorenzo Alberto Picrin-Peron is á native and citizen of Cuba. In 1979, he applied to the U.S. Interests Section of the Swiss Embassy in Cuba for permission to come to the United States. He was granted indefinite immigration parole and arrived in the United States on March 24, 1980. Picrin-Peron worked for a construction company and later became the owner of a service station.

Between 1982 and 1987, Picrin-Peron was convicted of numerous felonies, including entering a dwelling to commit larceny, battery on a police officer, and twice for possession of cocaine. Although he violat ed one parole agreement, he served his state imposed prison sentences and was released from state custody in August 1987.

After Picrin-Peron’s first conviction, the district director of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) in Boston decided, without any hearing, to revoke Pic-rin-Peron’s parole. When Picrin-Peron completed his sentence…