Legal Opinion
Thompson v. Cockrell
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 23, 2001No. 00-40820PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERT M. PARKER, Circuit Judge:
Fernando Thompson appeals the district court’s denial of his application for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Thompson argues that he is entitled to calendar time for the period in which he was erroneously released from Texas prison and placed on mandatory supervision. Thompson also seeks reinstatement of the good time credits that he accrued before his release.
I. Facts
Fernando Thompson pleaded guilty to rape and aggravated rape of a child and was sentenced to concurrent twenty-year and thirty-year prison terms. The Texas district court erroneously…
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