Legal Opinion
Jenkie H. Bunn v. Joyce K. Conley, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 31, 2002No. 99-2658PublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.
Jenkie Bunn is a federal prisoner who does not want the U.S. prison authorities to notify local law enforcement personnel upon his release of the fact that he was convicted of a crime of violence. Regulations of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) provide for such notifications, under certain circumstances. Our problem here, however, is to decide whether Bunn brought the right kind of case, in the right kind of court, against the right defendant. What he did was to file an action for declaratory relief to prevent the Warden of United States Penitentiary at Terre Haute,…
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