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· 4/25/1990

United States v. Christopher Hugh Lucas

Citations

  • 898 F.2d 1554
  • 1990 U.S. App. LEXIS 6183
  • 1990 WL 40184

How courts have described this case

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  • explaining that the BOP regulations “set out the procedures that prisoners must pursue prior to seeking relief in a district court”
  • explaining that the BOP regulations “set out the procedures that prisoners must pursue prior to seeking relief in a district court”
  • explaining that the BOP’s regulations “set out the procedures that prisoners must pursue prior to seeking relief in a district court.” (emphasis added)
  • “Our examination of the current statute and its legislative history leads us to conclude that Congress did not intend any change in assigning this determination [to grant credit].”
  • the power to grant jail time credit lies exclusively with the Attorney General
  • the power to grant jail time credit lies exclusively with the Attorney General

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Kravitch, Anderson, Cox

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