Legal Opinion
Harold Pryor and Gregory E. Dennis v. Edward J. Brennan
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 27, 1990No. 89-3415PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SNEED, Senior Circuit Judge.
Harold Pryor and Gregory E. Dennis challenge the constitutionality of the District of Columbia Good Time Credits Act of 1986, D.C.Code Ann. §§ 24-428 to 24-434 (1989) (D.C.Act) on equal protection and due process grounds. They appeal the district court’s dismissal of their petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.
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FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS BELOW
Pryor and Dennis each are serving sentences for violations of the District of Columbia Code. 1 Pursuant to D.C.Code Ann. § 24-425 (1989), 2 the U.S. Attorney General assigned Pryor to serve his sentence in a federal…
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