Sash v. Zenk’s Empirical Analysis
428 F.3d 132 · 2005
Citation profile
15 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3585 · 18 U.S.C. § 3624 · 18 U.S.C. § 4161 · 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2243 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Bifulco v. United States · Crandon v. United States · Ladner v. United States · Babbitt v. Sweet Home Chapter, Communities for Great Ore.
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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A] prisoner ... may receive credit ... of up to 54 days at the end of each year of the prisoner’s term of imprisonment, beginning at the end of the first year of the term, subject to a determination by the Bureau of Prisons that, during that year, the prisoner has displayed exemplary compliance with institutional disciplinary regulations ... Credit that has not been earned may not later be granted ....”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In a ten-year sentence, for example, more than one year might be taken off for good behavior, in which case the [Bureau of Prisons] would have to determine the extent of the prisoner's compliance during a wholly nonexistent year. Perhaps it would be reasonable to assume that a well-behaved prisoner would continue behaving well during this hypothetical time, but nothing in the statute directs the [Bureau] to make such an assumption.”). 29 . 18U.S.C. § 3624(b)(1). 30 . See Sample, 406 F.3d at 313 (”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“does not result in any lack of notice to potential violators of the law of the scope of the punishment that awaits them.”
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.