Legal Opinion
Lopez v. Terrell
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 13, 2011No. 19-650PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HALL, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner-Appellee Frank Lopez challenges the manner by which the Federal Bureau of Prisons (“BOP”) calculates Good Conduct Time (“GCT”) under 18 U.S.C. § 3624(b). Lopez maintains he should be eligible to receive GCT for the 94 months he spent in state and federal custody prior to the date on which he was sentenced in district court (in addition to his time in custody following sentencing), even though those 94 months were credited to a prior state sentence. The BOP disagrees, asserting that Lopez can accrue GCT only as to the 38 months he spent in custody after he was…
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