Davis v. Crabtree’s Empirical Analysis
109 F.3d 566 · 1997
Citation profile
21 federal appellate · 16 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 61 later decisions — most recently February 2019 · most notably Paul Bowen v. Robert a Hood Fci (2000), Cook v. Riley
21 federal appellate · 16 district ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3621 · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Taylor v. United States · Bifulco v. United States · Reno v. Koray · Sobin v. United States · National Railroad Passenger Corporation v. Boston & Maine Corp.
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 61 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Additional early release criteria. (1) As an exercise of the discretion vested in the Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, the following categories of inmates are not eligible for early release: (i) INS detainees; (ii) Pretrial inmates; (iii) Contractual boarders ...; (iv) Inmates who have a prior felony or misdemeanor conviction for homicide, forcible rape, robbery or aggravated assault, or child sexual abuse offenses; (v) Inmates who are not eligible for participation in a community based program ...; [and] (vi) Inmates whose current offense is a felony: (A) That has as an element, the actual, attempted or threatened use of physical force against the person or property of another, or (B) That involved the carrying, possession or use of a firearm or other dangerous weapons or explosives ..., or (C) That by its nature of conduct, presents a serious potential risk of physical force against the person or property of another, or (D) That by its nature or conduct involves sexual abuse offenses committed upon children.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“current offense is determined to be a crime of violence as defined in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3).”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“may not interpret the term 'nonviolent offense' to exclude the offense of felon in possession of a firearm”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.