Graves v. Bledsoe’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3624 · 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2242 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Pacheco-Camacho v. Hood · 314 F. Supp. 2d 834 - White v. Scibana · Williams v. Lamanna · 53 F. App'x 338 - Brown v. Hemingway
Most-quoted passages
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“Under Grave’s interpretation, an inmate serving a ten-year sentence would be credited with 540 days of GCT, even though, due to the GCT, the inmate would not serve the entire ten-year sentence. Therefore, the inmate would receive GCT for time in advance of the year for which the GCT was to be earned. Essentially, during his ninth year of incarceration, the BOP would have to grant the inmate 54 days of GCT for his tenth year of imprisonment, even though he would not serve any of this tenth year of imprisonment. Logically, this conflicts with the statute’s plain language, which requires the BOP to credit the inmate only “at the end of each year.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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