Legal Opinion

Joshua Alexander Hovis v. Bennettsville F.C.I.

District Court, M.D. North Carolina

Decided March 16, 2026No. 1:26-cv-00194Unknown

1Opinion

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA JOSHUA ALEXANDER HOVIS, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) 1:26CV194 ) BENNETTSVILLE F.C.I., ) ) Respondent. ) ORDER AND RECOMMENDATION Petitioner, a federal prisoner, submitted what the Court treated as a Petition under

28 U.S.C. § 2241

in which he challenges the computation of his current sentence and seeks to have the Court intervene in that coumputation. The Supreme Court has held that the Attorney General, through the United States Bureau of Prisons, is responsible in the first instance for computing the credit under 18…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. United States v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  2. Setser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
  3. United States v. Ralph R. MillerCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1989
  4. United States v. Chad BurchamCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2004
  5. United States v. HarbisonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2005

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