Coates v. United States

MACK, Associate Judge:

This appeal raises issues not before addressed by this court. Specifically, we are asked to decide (1) whether the sentencing judge who imposed a term of treatment under the Federal Youth Corrections Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 5005-5026 (1976) (hereinafter YCA) may subsequently enter a finding of no benefit from further YCA treatment, *1240thereby withdrawing the directive to the Bureau of Prisons to provide such treatment, and (2) assuming such a finding is proper, what procedural due process requirements attach to that determination. We find that a sentencing judge may modify his…