Legal Opinion
Woodall v. Federal Bureau of Prisons
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided December 15, 2005No. 05-3657PublishedCited by 479 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
BECKER, Circuit Judge.
Shawn James Allen Woodall, a federal prisoner, challenges recently adopted Bureau of Prison (“BOP”) regulations that limit a prisoner’s placement in community confinement to the lesser of ten percent of the prisoner’s total sentence or six months. Woodall’s appeal from the order of the District Court denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus presents two important questions. First, may Woodall bring this challenge in habeas? Because we believe that Woodall’s challenge goes to the execution of his sentence, we hold that habeas corpus does lie.…
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