Legal Opinion

Hurd v. District of Columbia

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided July 28, 2017No. 15-7153PublishedCited by 274 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Dissenting opinion filed by Senior Circuit Judge RANDOLPH.

PILLARD, Circuit Judge:

In 2007, the Federal Bureau of Prisons released Michael Hurd from prison after he had served roughly 13 months of a 42-month sentence. If that release were mistaken and quickly recognized as such, a prompt arrest and re-incarceration would seem unproblematic. But the Bureau of Prisons discharged Hurd under circumstances that he reasonably believed reflected a deliberate sentence reduction. Indeed, Hurd remained in the District of Columbia and for three years submitted to supervision by the U.S. Parole Commission…

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