Legal Opinion
Minotti v. Whitehead
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided October 31, 2008No. Civil Case RWT-08-1418, RWT-08-2084, RWT-08-1018PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ROGER W. TITUS, District Judge.
Congress enacted 18 U.S.C. § 3621(e)(2)(B) to give the Bureau of Prisons (“BOP”) the authority to reduce by up to one year the prison term of an inmate convicted of a nonviolent felony, if the prisoner successfully completes a substance abuse program. The BOP adopted an implementing regulation that categorically denied early release to prisoners whose offense of conviction was a felony attended by “the carrying, possession, or use of a firearm.” 28 C.F.R. § 550.58(a)(l)(vi)(B) (2000). Resolving a split among the circuits over the validity of…
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