--- title: "McIntosh v. U.S. Parole Commission" citation: "115 F.3d 809 (10th Cir. 1997)" authority_id: "AUTH-CA10-MCINTOSH-115-F3D-809" authority_type: "case" jurisdiction: "federal_tenth_circuit" precedential_status: "binding_in_ca10" url: "https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/authorities/AUTH-CA10-MCINTOSH-115-F3D-809/" legal_review: "2026-08-25" links_checked: "2026-10-15" links_available: 1 links_checked_count: 1 license: "CC BY 4.0" --- # McIntosh v. U.S. Parole Commission ## Holdings used - A federal prisoner does not need a COA to appeal a final order in a properly classified ยง 2241 proceeding. ## Material limitation Binding only in the Tenth Circuit and only for the bounded procedural postures in the linked claims. Published precedential full opinion reviewed from a public full-text mirror after no historical official opinion file was located. Federal-parole posture; classification remains separate. A comprehensive commercial citator was not run. ## Official source and pinpoints 115 F.3d 809 (10th Cir. 1997), 115 F.3d 810 n.1: ## Linked claims - `CLM-CIR10-003` ## Used in - [Tenth Circuit Overlay](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/95-circuit-overlays/tenth-circuit.md)