United States Parole Commission v. Noble

I am unable to agree with my colleagues’ disposition of the certified question. In my opinion, the majority’s interpretation of Section 5(a) of the Good Time Credits Act of 1986 (GTCA), D.C.Code § 24-431(a) (1996), contravenes the plain language of the statute and conjures up an imaginary ambiguity where none really exists. Judge Ferren endeavors earnestly to harmonize the GTCA with Section 24-206(a) (1996), but, in my judgment, the repugnancy between the two statutes is manifest and cannot be cured or alleviated by resort to an imaginative “construction” which, as I see it, contorts the…