Legal Opinion
Royal v. Tombone
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 5, 1998No. 97-10941PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Per curiam
Petitioner-appellant Talford H. Royal appeals the district court’s dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 habeas corpus petition challenging the Bureau of Prisons’ determination that he was not eligible for a sentence reduction following his successful completion of a drug-abuse treatment program while in custody. We affirm.
I. FACTUAL & PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
On April 18,1994, petitioner-appellant Talford H. Royal robbed a Bank One branch in Dallas, Texas. Royal subsequently pled guilty to bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a), and the district court sentenced him to sixty-three months of…
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