Kilpatrick v. Houston

ORDER GRANTING WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

HINKLE, District Judge.

Petitioner Jerry J. Kilpatrick, who is in federal custody on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846, challenges the refusal of the Bureau of Prisons to reduce his sentence based on his successful completion of an in-custody substance abuse treatment program. The Bureau denied Mr. Kilpa-trick’s request for a sentence reduction because a codefendant possessed a firearm in connection with the conspiracy offense, thus making Mr. Kilpatrick ineligible for a sentence reduction under the…