Legal Opinion
Licon v. Ledezma
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided March 30, 2011No. 10-6166PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judge.
Ortino Licon challenges a Bureau of Prisons (BOP) policy and regulation that denies him eligibility for an early release program because he was convicted of felon in possession charges. The BOP has authority to reduce a nonviolent offender’s term of imprisonment upon successful completion of a drug rehabilitation program. The challenged BOP policy categorically denies prisoners convicted of felon in possession charges eligibility for the early release benefit. Licon contends the policy arbitrarily categorizes every inmate convicted of firearm possession charges as…
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