Wottlin v. Fleming

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• 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

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