Beckley v. Miner

OPINION OF THE COURT

VAN ANTWERPEN, Circuit Judge.

The Bureau of Prisons (“Bureau”) challenges two orders entered by the district court directing it to incarcerate Petitioner-Appellant in specific types of correctional facilities. The first order enjoined the Bureau to transfer Petitioner to a facility providing a Residential Drug Abuse Treatment Program (“RDAP”). The second, a temporary restraining order, enjoins the Bureau from transferring Petitioner to a high security facility. Because the district court lacked jurisdiction to enter the orders, we will reverse.

I. FACTS

Petitioner Robert…