United States Fifth Circuit

Grant of habeas relief on petitioner's challenge to a denial of a sentence reduction by the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is reversed since, because petitioner has no liberty interest in a sentence reduction, and the BOP had discretion to consider the full nature of the crime and determine his eligibility, there was no due process violation in the denial despite an understanding that petitioner would be eligible for a reduction in his sentence should he successfully complete a Residential Drug Abuse Treatment Program.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/20/2007
• Published 09/21/2007

Judges

• JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:, Before JONES, Chief Judge, and REAVLEY and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Jason Douglas Hawkins, Federal Public Defender's Office, Dallas, TX, for Petitioner-Appellee., T.J. Johnson, U.S. Atty's Office, Dallas, TX, argued for Respondent-Appellant.