Theodore Roosevelt Staton, Petitioner-appellant, v. Jeffrey J. Clark, Respondent-appellee, 902 F.2d 1566 (4th Cir. 1990)

Theodore Roosevelt Staton, a District of Columbia prisoner incarcerated in the Federal Correctional Institution in Petersburg, Virginia, brought this habeas action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 alleging that he was denied equal protection and due process because his good time credits were calculated under the federal system rather than the more favorable District of Columbia Good Time Credits Act. The district court dismissed the petition, holding that even if the District's system were applied to Staton, he would not be eligible for release. Staton appealed.

This Court recently held in Moss v. Clark, 886 F.2d 686 (4th Cir. 1989), that application of the federal rather than the District good time credit system does not amount to a violation of equal protection or due process. Therefore, Staton's claims are without merit. We affirm the district court's order dismissing the petition on the reasoning of Moss v. Clark, 886 F.2d 686. We dispense with oral argument because the dispositive issue recently has been decided authoritatively.

AFFIRMED.