Michael Antonelli v. Linda Sanders

Federal inmate Michael Carmie Antonelli appeals the district court’s 1 dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition, in which he had challenged the method by which the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) calculated his good-conduct time under 18 U.S.C. § 3624(b)(1). We reject Antonelli’s arguments. See Bernitt v. Martinez, 432 F.3d 868, 869 (8th Cir.2005) (per curiam) (§ 3624(b) is ambiguous and BOP’s calculation of good-conduct time, based on time actually served, is reasonable interpretation of § 3624(b); court will not resort to rule of lenity when ambiguity of statute can be otherwise resolved).

We…