Perez v. Winn

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER REGARDING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AND RESPONDENTS MOTION TO DISMISS (Dkt. Nos. 1 & 3)

PONSOR, District Judge.

Petitioner Alexander Perez has brought this petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 2241 and 2243, seeking a writ of habeas corpus to enforce his eligibility for consideration of a placement at a community corrections facility or halfway house. Petitioner argues that Bureau of Prison (“B.O.P.”) regulations, which limit consideration of community corrections placement until the last 10% of his sentence, are based upon an erroneous interpretation of 18 U.S.C. §…