Wottlin v. Fleming

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that a Bureau of Prisons regulation did not violate the Equal Protection Clause by excluding from consideration for a sentence reduction those prisoners whose current conviction may be nonviolent, but who had a prior conviction for a violent offense
• explaining that classifying “inmates based on the type of criminal offenses for which they have been convicted does not implicate a suspect class”
• finding due process claim lacks merit because defendant can identify “no portions of Program Statement 5330.10 that mandate the granting of an early release to an inmate who completes the Program.”
• affirming summary 2 The docket sheets for Petitioner’s criminal cases are available on the Dallas County website at https://www.dallascounty.org/services/record-search/ (last accessed on Oct. 1, 2025
• affirming summary dismissal of § 2241 petition without ordering an answer from respondent
• affirming summary dismissal of § 2241 petition without ordering an answer from respondent

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

39 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Ricardo Gallegos-Hernandez v. USA
  Fifth Circuit· 2012-07-18· cited 175×
• Warren v. Miles
  Fifth Circuit· 2000-10-13· cited 137×
• Shawn Stauffer v. Marna Gearhart
  Fifth Circuit· 2014-01-24· cited 82×
• Charles A. Rublee v. L.E. Fleming
  Fifth Circuit· 1998-11-06· cited 61×
• Royal v. Tombone
  Fifth Circuit· 1998-06-05· cited 55×
• Richardson v. Joslin
  Fifth Circuit· 2007-09-20· cited 51×
• Jose Abel Martinez v. A.M. Flowers
  Tenth Circuit· 1998-12-14· cited 34×
• Gomez v. Singletary
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1998-12-24· cited 33×
• Handley v. Chapman
  Fifth Circuit· 2009-10-29· cited 29×
• Garcia v. Dretke
  Fifth Circuit· 2004-10-18· cited 24×
• Martin v. Chandler
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2003-12-18· cited 21×
• Glenn H. Zacher v. J. W. Tippy
  Eighth Circuit· 2000-01-28· cited 12×
• Pelissero v. Thompson
  Fourth Circuit· 1998-09-03· cited 12×
• Charles FURGUIEL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Michael L. BENOV, Warden, Respondent-Appellee
  Ninth Circuit· 1998-08-25· cited 9×
• Guido v. Booker
  D. Kansas· 1999-02-18· cited 7×
• Nasious v. Two Unknown B.I.C.E. Agents
  D. Colorado· 2009-08-05· cited 7×
• Scroger v. Booker
  D. Kansas· 1999-02-10· cited 6×
• Bell v. Woods
  Fifth Circuit· 2010-06-18· cited 6×
• Laws v. Barron
  E.D. Kentucky· 2004-09-15· cited 4×
• Gray v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2008-10-07· cited 3×

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 20,645×
• City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1985-07-01· cited 7,112×
• San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez
  Supreme Court· 1973-04-23· cited 3,699×
• Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional Complex
  Supreme Court· 1979-05-29· cited 3,299×
• Olim v. Wakinekona
  Supreme Court· 1983-04-26· cited 3,076×
• Collins v. Youngblood
  Supreme Court· 1990-06-21· cited 1,864×
• California Department of Corrections v. Morales
  Supreme Court· 1995-04-25· cited 1,142×
• Lynce v. Mathis
  Supreme Court· 1997-02-19· cited 732×
• Anthony Ojo v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
  Fifth Circuit· 1997-03-04· cited 355×
• Hallmark v. Johnson
  Fifth Circuit· 1997-07-25· cited 179×
• Smallwood v. Johnson
  Fifth Circuit· 1996-01-23· cited 76×
• United States v. Tubwell
  Fifth Circuit· 1994-10-24· cited 69×
• Robert C. Stiver v. Warden James Meko, Robert Stiver
  Third Circuit· 1997-11-28· cited 46×
• Scott v. Goord
  Supreme Court· 1997-12-01· cited 25×
• Shelton v. Gudmanson
  Supreme Court· 1996-10-07· cited 9×