Clay Edward Barnett v. Norman Carlson, Director, U.S. Bureau of Prisons

GODBOLD, Chief Judge:

Appellant Barnett sought a writ of mandamus from the district court directing the Director of the U.S. Bureau of Prisons to correct the computation of his sentences. The district court denied the writ. We reverse and direct that the writ issue.

In 1975 Barnett was sentenced in Northern District of Georgia in case No. 74-84R as follows:

Count I: 20 years

Count II: 25 years concurrent with Count I

Count III: 10 years concurrent with Counts I and II

Count IV: 5 years concurrent with Counts I, and II

Later in 1975 Barnett was sentenced in the same court in CR75-17R to five years…