Legal Opinion
Jacks v. Crabtree
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 11, 1997No. Nos. 97-35029, 97-35030, 97-35039, 97-35111PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge.
We decide whether the United States Bureau of Prisons (the Bureau) may deny an inmate who has completed a drug treatment program a one-year sentence reduction because of his prior conviction for a violent crime.
I
Under the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, 18 U.S.C. § 3621(e)(2)(B), a prisoner who is convicted of a nonviolent offense and completes a required drug treatment program may be eligible for a one-year sentence reduction. All four petitioners here met the statutory criteria: They completed the required program and are currently serving…
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