Wright v. Federal Bureau of Prisons

TACHA, Chief Circuit Judge.

In 1996, Petitioner-Appellant Glenn Wright was convicted of interstate transportation of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252A and sentenced to 168 months’ imprisonment; he began serving his sentence on May 24,1996. Mr. Wright will not be incarcerated for the entire 168 months, however, and the question this appeal raises is how early he will be released. Based on its interpretation of 18 U.S.C. § 3624(b), the federal statute governing the calculation of credit for good conduct in prison, the Bureau of Prisons (“BOP”) predicts that Mr. Wright will earn…