The following excerpt is from Thompson v. Ducharme, 988 F.2d 122 (9th Cir. 1993):
The Constitution requires that a parole revocation hearing must be tendered within a "reasonable time" after the parolee is taken into custody by the paroling authority. Morrissey v. Brewer, 408 U.S. 471, 488, 92 S.Ct. 2593, 2604, 33 L.Ed.2d 484 (1972) (2 month delay is not unreasonable). Here the forty-four day delay was not unreasonable.
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