28 F. Supp. 2d 1264 - Gavis v. Crabtree’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 3 district ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3621 · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 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. · United States v. LaBonte · Neal v. United States · Bruce Downey v. Joseph Crabtree, Warden, Federal Correctional Institution · Cort v. Crabtree
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The inescapable result of this new program statement is that it reverses governing case law by looking to the underlying facts to exclude prisoners [with firearms sentencing enhancements] . . . from early release consideration.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Ward v. Booker“as an exercise of discretion . . . inmates whose current offense is a felony . . . that involved the carrying, possession, or use of a firearm”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“which categorically disqualified prisoners who received a two-point sentencing enhancement under U.S.S.G. 2D1.1.”
1 later decision 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.