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POOLE v. KELLY

Nos. 88-7028, 89-5171 and 89-5203.

954 F.2d 760 (1992)

Wendell POOLE, Sr., et al., Appellants, v. Sharon Pratt KELLY, Mayor, et al. Eugene Jerome CUNNINGHAM v. Walter B. RIDLEY, Acting Director, United States of America, Appellant. Eugene Jerome CUNNINGHAM v. Walter B. RIDLEY, Acting Director, Appellant, United States of America.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 31, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Mikula (appointed by the Court), with whom Stephen J. Pollak, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellants in No. 88-7028.

Mary L. Wilson, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Herbert O. Reid, Sr., Corp. Counsel, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for appellees in No. 88-7028 and for Walter B. Ridley, Acting Director, D.C. Dept. of Corrections, in Nos. 89-5171 and 89-5203.

Patrice I. Kopistansky, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., John R. Fisher and Stevan E. Bunnell, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief for intervenor-appellant, the U.S. in Nos. 89-5171 and 89-5203. Joan C. Barton, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance for intervenor-appellant.

Thomas Lumbard, Washington, D.C. (appointed by the Court) for appellee in Nos. 89-5171 and 89-5203.

Before WALD, SENTELLE, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the Court filed PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM:

These cases involve the issue of whether persons convicted of first-degree murder in the District of Columbia and sentenced pursuant to D.C.Code § 22-2404(b) are eligible for credits under the D.C.'s Good Time Credit Act of 1986 ("GTCA" or "the Act"). In answering questions involving the proper interpretation of D.C. statutes, this court relies on the construction of these laws by the D.C. Court of Appeals...

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