United States Third Circuit

Recently adopted Bureau of Prison (BOP) regulations limiting a prisoner's placement in community confinement are invalid since they are in conflict with the BOP's governing statute and congressional intent.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/15/2005
• Decided 12/16/2005
• Published 12/16/2005

Judges

• Before ROTH, FUENTES, and BECKER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Mary Gibbons, (Argued), Toms River, New Jersey, for Appellant., Christopher J. Christie, United States Attorney, Dorothy Donnelly, Assistant United States Attorney, United States Attorney's Office, Trenton, New Jersey, Henry J. Sadowski, (Argued), Federal Bureau of Prisons, United States Customs House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for Appellants.