Legal Opinion
Escamilla v. Outlaw
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 10, 2009No. 08-40281UnpublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM: *
George Escamilla petitions for habeas, challenging the failure of authorities to credit his sentence with statutory and industrial good time under former 18 U.S.C. §§ 4161 and 4162. The district court determined that Escamilla is ineligible for these credits, which apply only to definite terms of years, because his sentence is for life, even though the Parole Commission has tentatively slated him for release on a date specific.
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Under former 21 U.S.C. § 841(b), 1 under which Escamilla was originally sentenced, certain drug offenders were required to serve a term of special parole…
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