Schleining v. Thomas, No. 10-35792 (9th Cir. 2011)
Annotate this CaseDefendant appealed the district court's denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus challenging the Bureau of Prison's (BOP) calculation of his Good Conduct Time (GCT) credit under 18 U.S.C. 3624(b), contending that he accrued 82 days of GCT during the 21 months he served in state custody on state charges before he was sentenced in federal court on a related felon-in-possession charge. The court affirmed the district court's denial of defendant's petition for writ of habeas corpus. The Court held that, because a prisoner could receive GCT credit under section 3624(b) only on time he had served on his federal sentence, and his federal sentence did not begin under 18 U.S.C. 3585 until he had been sentenced in federal court, defendant was not eligible for GCT credit for the 21 months he spent in state custody, serving a state sentence, before imposition of his federal sentence, notwithstanding the district court's statement that defendant's federal sentence was to be served concurrent to his unfinished sentence. Accordingly, the BOP's calculation of defendant's GCT credit and of his expected release date must be upheld.
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