Legal Opinion
Levi v. Holt
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 17, 2006No. 05-5076UnpublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
This appeal from the denial of a federal prisoner’s habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 asks us to interpret, inter alia, a Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) disciplinary provision to determine whether the clothed touching of one’s own penis in a public prison setting constitutes “engaging in sexual acts.” For the reasons that follow, we will affirm the order of the District Court.
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On December 21, 2004, Appellant Bernard Levi was charged with a high severity disciplinary infraction “engaging in sexual acts.” 28 C.F.R. § 541.13, Table 3, Code 205. A prison official alleged that Levi…
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