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· 5/29/2002

United States v. Michael Timbrook

Citations

  • 290 F.3d 957
  • 2002 U.S. App. LEXIS 10039
  • 2002 WL 1065865

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that a sentence in a secure facility, even with work release, qualified as a sentence of imprisonment
  • holding that work release in a county jail is a sentence of imprisonment under § 4A1.1(a)
  • noting that Guidelines do not elaborate on definition of incarceration but explaining that residence in non-secure community treatment center or- halfway house is not imprisonment for guideline purposes
  • noting that Guidelines do not elaborate on def‐ inition of incarceration but explaining that residence in non‐ secure community treatment center or halfway house is not imprisonment for guideline purposes
  • “A community confinement center or a halfway house is not a ‘secure jail facility’ almost by definition. ‘Houses’ and ‘Treatment Centers’ are not supposed to be jails.”
  • “A community confinement center or a halfway house is not a ‘secure jail facility’ almost by definition. ‘Houses’ and ‘Treatment Centers’ are not supposed to be jails.”

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Judges: Bauer, Easterbrook, Williams

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