Legal Opinion
LaMagna v. United States Bureau of Prisons
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided July 16, 1980No. Civ. B 79-270PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
EGINTON, District Judge.
Petitioners, Leonard Joseph LaMagna, John Priore and Peter Erich Marschner, 1 are inmates at the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury, Connecticut, currently serving five year sentences. 2 They bring this petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 3 to challenge the method used by the Bureau of Prisons to compute the sentences of prisoners serving five to ten year terms who earn “extra good time,” 18 U.S.C. § 4162, 4 by working at the institution or by performing “mérito-' rious” service.
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2Cases cited14 opinions
- United States Parole Commission v. GeraghtySupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- United States Ex Rel. Lois Sero v. Peter PreiserCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
- Geraghty v. United States Parole CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
- United States Ex Rel. Demarois v. FarrellCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1937
- Willie L. Short, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1965
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Marvin Raines v. U.S. Parole Commission Robert J. ChristensenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- Frank Briggs v. United States Parole Commission Marion Lacy, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
- Hampel v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1996
- Thomas Stabile v. U.S. Bureau of PrisonsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1987
- Woodson v. U.S. Department of JusticeDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1991
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