Legal Opinion
Ward v. Booker
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided January 19, 2000No. 99-3125, 99-3129 and 99-3143PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHEN H. ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.
Petitioners James Ward, Jimmy E. Scroger, and Christopher Lamar Guido, former inmates at the Leavenworth Federal Prison Camp in Leavenworth, Kansas, brought these habeas actions against respondent J.W. Booker, the warden at Leavenworth, challenging a nationwide Bureau of Prisons (“BOP”) rule which initially denied them a sentencing reduction available to certain inmates who successfully completed a drug treatment program. The BOP’s rule initially denied the sentence reduction to petitioners because their sentences for drug offenses were enhanced under…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Fristoe v. ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1998
- Raymundo Venegas v. G.L. Henman, Warden Federal Detention Center, Oakdale, Louisiana, Steve P. Wilson, Steve P. Wilson Martin D. Arrasmith Clyde Devers v. Roy Lee Simpson, Roy Lee Simpson Ronnie Giambra v. Bureau of Prisons Kathleen Hawk Davis George E. Killinger, Warden, Fci Ft. WorthCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1997
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3Cited by23 opinions
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- Hunnicutt v. HawkCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2000
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