Davis v. Federal Bureau of Prisons

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ROSEMARY M. COLLYER, District Judge.

Pro se Plaintiff Lacy Davis, III, is a federal inmate who brought this suit against the Federal Bureau of Prisons (“BOP”), 1 alleging that he should be placed in BOP’s drug abuse treatment program and that upon completion of the program, he should be considered for a reduced sentence. He contends that BOP’s denial of his request to be placed in the program was arbitrary and capricious under the Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”), 5 U.S.C. § 701. Because a BOP placement decision is not open to challenge under the APA, the Court lacks…