Legal Opinion
Cort v. Crabtree
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 19, 1997No. Nos. 96-36226, 96-36228, 96-36231PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REINHARDT, Circuit Judge.
Appellants Simon Cort, Don Martin, and Barry Sullenger are federal prisoners *1082serving sentences for unarmed bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a). The Bureau of Prisons initially determined that they were statutorily eligible for a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3621(e)(2)(B), which authorizes it to grant a sentence reduction of up to one year to prisoners convicted of “nonviolent offenses” who complete a substance abuse treatment program. Before appellants had completed the treatment program, the Bureau altered its interpretation of “nonviolent…
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