· 2/7/1997
Kim Chambers v. United States
Citations
- 106 F.3d 472
- 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 2028
- 1997 WL 47692
How courts have described this case
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- holding that § 2255 is the proper vehicle to challenge the imposition of a sentence
- holding that challenges to the Bureau of Prisons’ execution of sentence is properly brought in a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to Section 2241
- holding that challenges to the Bureau of Prisons’ execution of sentence is properly brought in a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to Section 2241
- holding that where a § 2255 motion follows a § 2241 petition, it is not a second or successive petition if the prior petition sought relief available only under § 2241
- recognizing Section 2241 as the vehicle for challenges to the “computation of a prisoner’s sentence by prison officials”
- barring as a second § 2241 petition a repetitive challenge to application of time credits in the administrative calculation of a federal sentence
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Judges: Cardamone, Winter, Cabranes
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