Legal Opinion
Pelissero v. Thompson
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 12, 1999No. Nos. 97-6156, 97-6221PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge NIEMEYER wrote the opinion, in which Judge WILKINS joined. Judge CHAMBERS wrote a dissenting opinion.
OPINION
NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:
Section 3621(e)(2)(B) of Title 18 of the United States Code provides that the prison terms of prisoners convicted of “nonviolent” offenses may be reduced by the Bureau of Prisons in an amount up to one year as an incentive for the prisoners’ successful completion of a residential substance abuse treatment program. Although inmates Robert Pelissero and Aubra Hayes completed the specified substance abuse treatment program, the…
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