Bellis v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis
186 F.3d 1092 · 1999
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 7 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 36 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently November 2024 · most notably Lopez v. Davis (2001), Paul Bowen v. Robert a Hood Fci (2000)
9 federal appellate · 7 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.
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3621 · 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Total Foods v. Alix · Cummings v. West · Martin v. Gerlinski · Bush v. Pitzer
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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[w]e think that the BOP's decision to exclude these additional categories of inmates from eligibility [i.e. those with sentencing enhancements because of firearms possession] represent a manifestly permissible construction of the statute and an appropriate exercise of the BOP's discretion.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[w]e did not, however, address the question at issue in this appeal, namely, whether the BOP may, as an exercise of its discretion, look to sentencing factors in deciding which individuals amongst statutorily eligible inmates are appropriate candidates for early release.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The period a prisoner convicted of a nonviolent offense remains in custody after successfully completing a treatment program may be reduced by the Bureau of Prisons, but such reduction may not be more than one year from the term the prisoner must otherwise serve.”
3 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.