Legal Opinion
Steven Lynn Ramsey v. Edward Brennan
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 29, 1989No. 88-1145PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Steven Lynn Ramsey, a federal prison inmate, claims that he should have received credit toward his prison sentence for the 96 days that he served in a halfway house before his criminal trial. Arrested by agents of the FBI for bank robbery and related crimes, Ramsey was released on bail on various conditions, including that he remain in St. Andrews Halfway House in Lexington, Kentucky until trial. He was later convicted and sentenced to 9 years in prison. He asked the warden of the prison in Wisconsin where he is confined to credit his time in the halfway house toward his…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Joseph Harold Johnson v. William French Smith, U.S. Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- United States v. Joseph E. HornickCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
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3Cited by46 opinions
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- United States v. Lisa InsleyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1991
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