Fox v. Lappin

How courts have described this case

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• noting that “judicial review of individual determinations under those statutes governing inmate placement, transfer, release and early release . . . is precluded under section 706 of the APA”
• noting that the classification procedures were established “for purposes of inmate placement”
• “The statute governing pre-release custody also fails to create a liberty interest in the transfer to a less restrictive environment”
• BOP did not abuse its discretion in applying a “Sex Offender” classification to an inmate with a prior conviction for a sexual offense
• “[A]ssignment of a “Sex Offender” Safety Factor to prisoners with prior state sex offenses cannot be found contrary to the statute or congressional intent”
• “[c]lassification of inmates is a matter within the discretion of prison officials”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).