Legal Opinion
Fristoe v. Thompson
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided April 28, 1998No. 97-6246PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McKAY, Circuit Judge.
Appellant James R. Fristoe appeals from the district court’s order denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. 1 The issue to be resolved in this appeal is whether a prisoner convicted of a nonviolent drug offense, whose sentence was enhanced for possession of a firearm, is categorically disqualified from receiving a sentence reduction made available only to prisoners convicted of “nonviolent offenses.” See 18 U.S.C. § 3621(e)(2)(B). The district court concluded that the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) acted permissibly in adopting an…
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