Application of Lyle Nelson for a Writ of Habeas Corpus

Lyle Nelson appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. He seeks to credit approximately twenty-eight months spent in jail in Pennington County, South Dakota and in the South Dakota state penitentiary against a federal sentence of three-years imprisonment for interstate transportation of and conspiracy to transport stolen cattle. The district court, Judge Beck, refused to grant the requested credit. Appellee raises no question concerning jurisdiction or procedure. We affirm.

We briefly review the relevant and undisputed facts. Petitioner was convicted of…