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144 F.3d 627 · 1998
Citation profile
22 federal appellate · 21 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 87 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 2018 · most notably Lopez v. Davis (2001), Paul Bowen v. Robert a Hood Fci (2000)
22 federal appellate · 21 district · 1 state decisions
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
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Greenholtz v. Inmates of Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex · Stinson v. United States · Olim v. Wakinekona · Kentucky Department of Corrections v. Thompson
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 87 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Section 3621(e)(2)(B) refers to prisoners 'convicted of a nonviolent offense.' (emphasis added). The statute does not permit resort to sentencing factors or sentencing enhancements attached to the nonviolent offense.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Guido v. Booker · Hicks v. Brooks“the interpretation is not entitled to Chevron deference, but will instead be considered only to the extent that it is well-reasoned and has”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a prisoner convicted of a nonviolent offense”
5 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.