United States Tenth Circuit

Denial of a petition for writ of habeas corpus challenging a sentence for interstate transportation of child pornography is affirmed over petitioner's claim that the Bureau of Prisons misinterpreted the federal statute governing the calculation of credit for good conduct in prison, and that he was entitled for a greater amount of good time credit.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/10/2006
• Published 07/10/2006

Judges

• TACHA, Chief Circuit Judge., Before TACHA, Chief Circuit Judge, BARRETT, Senior Circuit Judge, and O'BRIEN, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• David Alan Lewis, Brooklyn, NY, (Colleen B. Scissors, Offices of Colleen B. Scissors, LLC, Grand Junction, CO, on the briefs), appearing for Appellant., Mary Price, Esq., General Counsel, Families Against Mandatory Minimums, Denver, CO, and Philip A. Cherner, Esq., Law Office Of Philip A. Cherner, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae for Families Against Mandatory Minimums.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jerry N. Jones, Assistant United States Attorney, (William J. Leone, United States Attorney, with him on the brief), Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Colorado, Denver, CO, appearing for Appellees.