Legal Opinion

Gravitt, Samuel v. Bezy, Mark A.

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided April 18, 2007No. 06-3753UnpublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

Federal inmate Samuel Gravitt petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241, claiming that the district court misapplied U.S.S.G. § 5G1.3(b) by not imposing a shorter sentence to account for the period of incarceration he had already served on a state conviction. The district court denied his petition. Because Gravitt cannot challenge the imposition of his sentence using § 2241, we affirm.

In 2001 Gravitt pleaded guilty in Missouri state court to child endangerment for giving his son a loaded handgun; he was sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment on October 2, 2001. About a…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Bailey v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
  2. Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  3. Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  4. James J. Valona v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998
  5. Phillip D. Scott v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993

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  2. Jackson v. United States of America (INMATE 3)District Court, M.D. Alabama · 2021

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