United States Fifth Circuit

In a firearm possession prosecution, dismissal of a habeas petition is vacated and judgment for respondents is entered on the merits, where the Bureau of Prisons' regulation categorically excluding early-release eligibility for inmates convicted of firearm possession was not arbitrary and capricious because it was justified by public safety concerns.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/30/2009
• Published 10/30/2009

Judges

• JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:, Before SMITH, DENNIS and OWEN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Deborah Rae Handley, Fort Worth, TX, pro se.