Standifer v. Ledezma, No. 11-6025 (10th Cir. 2011)
Annotate this CasePro se prisoner Petitioner Steve Standifer challenged a Bureau of Prisons (BOP) regulation that denied him eligibility to participate in its Residential Drug Abuse Program by filing for the writ of habeas corpus. He was deemed ineligible because his last-reported date of drug use was more than three years before his arrest on federal charges. Petitioner contended the BOP's policy requiring that it consider only his substance-abuse history for the 12 months preceding his arrest was based on an unreasonable interpretation of the authorizing statutes. Upon review of the applicable legal authority, the Court concluded that the BOP's eligibility requirement is based on reasonable interpretation of the applicable governing provisions. Furthermore, the Court concluded that Petitioner's assertion that the BOP was deliberately indifferent to his medical needs was "unavailing". The Court affirmed the district court's denial of Petitioner's habeas petition and dismissed his appeal.
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