Legal Opinion
Helen D. Woodson v. Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 23, 1993No. 91-5303PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge HARRY T. EDWARDS.
HARRY T. EDWARDS, Circuit Judge:
The federal commutation statutes establish a scheme for the reduction of prisoners’ jail terms based on accumulated “good time” credits. An eligible prisoner’s sentence is reduced by ten days for each month of incarceration that the prisoner serves without bad behavior; the accumulation of these good time credits results in prisoners’ gaining early release from prison and reductions of up to 180 days in the maximum terms of their sentences. 18 U.S.C. §§.4161-4166 (repealed 1987). 1
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2Cases cited10 opinions
- McGowan v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Wilton Chatman-Bey v. Richard Thornburgh, Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1988
- Hyser v. ReedCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1963
- Willie L. Short, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1965
- Keyworth C. Birch, Jr. v. Sam A. AndersonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1965
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Terrance Flynn v. Marion ThatcherCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2016
- Dufur v. U.S. Parole Comm'nCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2018
- Connally v. RenoDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1995
- Bourke v. HawkDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2000