Legal Opinion

Tablada v. Thomas

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided July 3, 2008No. 07-35538PublishedCited by 53 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GUTIERREZ, District Judge:

In this appeal, we consider whether the Bureau of Prisons (“BOP”) violated the Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”) in promulgating 28 C.F.R. § 523.20, the regulation interpreting 18 U.S.C. § 3624(b), which governs the calculation of good conduct time for federal prisoners. The district court held that the BOP’s interpretation in § 523.20 was reasonable and that it did not violate § 706(2)(A) of the APA. Accordingly, the district court denied the petitioner’s habeas petition which challenged the BOP’s calculation of the length of time the petitioner had left to serve…

2Cases cited15 opinions

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3Cited by53 opinions

  1. Barber v. ThomasSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
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  3. Bamonte v. City of MesaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2010
  4. Daniel Zavala v. Richard IvesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2015
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