Legal Opinion
Miller v. Whitehead
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 30, 2008No. 07-1651, 07-1652, 07-1653, 07-1654PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLLOTON, Circuit Judge.
Several inmates at the Federal Prison Camp at Yankton, South Dakota, petitioned for writs of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241, alleging that the Bureau of Prisons unlawfully declared them ineligible for placement at a Residential Re-entry Center. The district court 1 denied the petitions. We affirm with respect to two of the appellants, and dismiss the other two appeals as moot.
I
The Bureau of Prisons (“BOP”) is authorized by statute “to designate the place of [a] prisoner’s imprisonment.” 18 U.S.C. § 3621(b). Two statutes include further guidance regarding this…
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