Davies v. Benov, No. 15-17256 (9th Cir. 2017)
Annotate this CasePetitioner appealed the denial of his petition for habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. 2241, contending that a congressional appropriations rider prohibits the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from using federal funds to incarcerate him and seeking release from custody to remedy the wrongful expenditure. The Ninth Circuit affirmed the denial of habeas relief, holding that petitioner voluntarily waived his right to bring this challenge through the collateral-attack waiver provision of his plea agreement.
Court Description: Habeas Corpus. Affirming the district court’s denial of Matthew Davies’s 28 U.S.C. § 2241 habeas corpus petition in which Davies asserted that a congressional appropriations rider prohibits the Bureau of Prisons from using federal funds to incarcerate him for conduct he contends complied with California’s medical marijuana laws, the panel held that this challenge is precluded by the collateral-attack waiver provision of Davies’s plea agreement.
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