Legal Opinion

Wottlin v. Fleming

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided March 23, 1998No. 97-50636PublishedCited by 93 opinions

1Per curiam

Petitioner-Appellant David Wottlin appeals the district court’s dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 habeas petition challenging the Bureau of Prisons’ application of 28 C.F.R. § 550.58 to him and thereby rendering him ineligible for early release following his successful completion of a drug-abuse treatment program while in custody. We affirm the judgment of the district court.

I. FACTUAL & PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In 1993, Petitioner-Appellant David Wott-lin was convicted of possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, and he was sentenced to seventy months in prison. In April 1994,…

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