Gonzales v. Commandant, United States Disciplinary Barracks

AMENDED MEMORANDUM OPINION & ORDER

JOSEPH M. HOOD, Senior District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on Ricardo Gonzales’s Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 [D.E. I].1 The United States has responded [D.E. 16], and the time has passed for Petitioner’s reply. Thus, this matter is now ripe for review. For the reasons which follow, the petition will be denied.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In August 2003, Petitioner, a former captain in the United States Army, was found guilty of several offenses including sodomy with a child under the age of sixteen, unlawful…