Legal Opinion
Holt v. Terris
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided August 18, 2017No. Case No. 16-10667PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER ACCEPTING THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE’S RECOMMENDATION [8] AND DENYING PETITION FOR HABEAS CORPUS [1]
LAURIE J. MICHELSON, U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE
This case presents this question: can a military prisoner serving a life sentence use his Military Abatement Good Time (MAGT) to advance the date that he will likely be released on parole? The parties have not provided, and the Court has not found, legal authority explicitly stating that MAGT (as opposed to other types of good time) cannot advance the date a prisoner is likely to be released on parole (either as a general matter or in the…
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