District of Columbia Court of Appeals September 30, 1987, No. 86-931 (Mitchner v. United States)

PER CURIAM:

Appellant Rux Mitchner contends that because he is incarcerated in a federal institution, he is entitled to be sentenced under the federal statute, 18 U.S.C. § 4205(b)(1) (1985), which , gives the United States Parole Commission the authority to release a prisoner before the minimum sentence has been served.