Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
See Fed. R.
He was sentenced
The district
The court
exercise
authorities.
of
discretion
by
Bureau
of
Prisons
(Appendix at A-25).
Hall v.
Bellmon, 935 F.2d 1106, 1110 (10th Cir. 1991) (citations omitted).
We review the district courts dismissal and construction of
3624(c) de novo. Prows v. Federal Bureau of Prisons, 981 F.2d 466,
469 (10th Cir. 1992), cert. denied, ___ U.S. ___ (1993).
18 U.S.C. 3624(c) provides, in relevant part:
(c) Pre-release custody.--The Bureau of Prisons
shall, to the extent practicable, assure that a prisoner
serving a term of imprisonment spends a reasonable part,
not to exceed six months, of the last 10 per centum of
the term to be served under conditions that will afford
the prisoner a reasonable opportunity to adjust to and
prepare for his re-entry into the community.
The
authority provided by this subsection may be used to
place a prisoner in home confinement. . . .
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In
Prows,
we
concluded
that
the
Bureau
of
Prisons
had
Therefore, the
district court did not err in determining that Brown did not have
a right to release to home confinement and that his complaint
reflected no more than a reasonable exercise of discretion by the
Bureau of Prisons.
We AFFIRM substantially for the reasons set forth in the
district courts Order of October 25, 1995.
Entered for the Court:
James E. Barrett,
Senior United States
Circuit Judge
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