Legal Opinion
United States v. Sullivan
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 28, 2007No. 06-30546PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GUILFORD, District Judge:
We consider whether Defendanh-Appel-lant Dennis Edward Sullivan (“Sullivan”) was under federal supervised release when he failed a drug test, thus violating his supervised release terms. This determination turns on whether Sullivan’s detention in a Montana community pre-release center (“Pre-Release Center”) was an “imprisonment” under 18 U.S.C. § 3624(e) (“ § 3624(e)”). We conclude that it was not an imprisonment, and the district court therefore lacked jurisdiction because Sullivan’s supervised release had expired.
Facts
Sullivan failed a drug test by testing positive…
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