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MOSS v. CLARK

Nos. 88-7828(L), 88-7832.

886 F.2d 686 (1989)

Lawrence MOSS, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Jeffrey J. CLARK, Respondent-Appellant, Prisoners' Rights Program, Public Defender Service, Washington, D.C.; Marline Jackson; Laverne Anderson; Michele Anderson; Lillie Mae Bedney; Phyllis Clemons; Barbara Davis; Sheila Davis; Cynthia L. Fogg; Rocina L. Garmany; Edna Goolsby; Deborah Hagans; Vera Hardin; Mavis Hobbs; Irene Jenkins; Shirley Y. Jones; Justine Kinard; Pauline Massenberg; Deborah Morris; Patricia Ann Paige; Jarita Reaves; Annie Robinson; Flossie Robinson; Saundra Sanders; Rita Mae Scheer; Connie Smith-Johnson; Ayesha Stackhouse; Mary Thomas; Sandra Walker; Tiajuana Washington; Mary A. Wilson; Mona R. Wilson, Amici Curiae, and DC Correctional Department, Respondent. John Michael BRAND, Jr., Petitioner-Appellee, v. Jeffrey J. CLARK, Respondent-Appellant, Prisoners' Rights Program, Public Defender Service, Washington, D.C.; Marline Jackson; Laverne Anderson; Michele Anderson; Lillie Mae Bedney; Phyllis Clemons; Barbara Davis; Sheila Davis; Cynthia L. Fogg; Rocina L. Garmany; Edna Goolsby; Deborah Hagans; Vera Hardin; Mavis Hobbs; Irene Jenkins; Shirley Y. Jones; Justine Kinard; Pauline Massenberg; Deborah Morris; Patricia Ann Paige; Jarita Reaves; Annie Robinson; Flossie Robinson; Saundra Sanders; Rita Mae Scheer; Connie Smith-Johnson; Ayesha Stackhouse; Mary Thomas; Sandra Walker; Tiajuana Washington; Mary A. Wilson; Mona R. Wilson, Amici Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 28, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradley Lynn Kelly, Asst. U.S. Atty. (Henry E. Hudson, U.S.Atty., Paula P. Newett, Asst. U.S. Atty., Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., John D. Bates, Asst. U.S. Atty., R. Craig Lawrence, U.S. Atty. on brief) for respondent-appellant.

Susan Beth Smith (John D. Grad, Grad, Toothman, Logan & Chabot, P.C., on brief) for petitioner-appellee.

Robert C. Hauhart, Janet A. Vecchia, Prisoners' Rights Program, Public Defender Service, on brief for amici curiae.

David W. DeBruin, Theresa A. Chmara, Jenner & Block, on brief for amici curiae.

Before ERVIN, Chief Judge, and PHILLIPS and WILKINSON, Circuit Judges.

WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:

We review here the constitutionality of provisions of the District of Columbia Good Time Credits Act, D.C.Code § 24-428, et seq., which limit District of Columbia good time credits to inmates in District of Columbia correctional facilities. Appellees claim that denying such credits to prisoners sentenced under District law yet housed in federal prisons violates their rights of equal protection...

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