EDWARDS v. U.S.

No. 94-3240.

41 F.3d 154 (1994)

Roderick EDWARDS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided December 6, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marjorie M. Smith (Argued), Federal Defender Services, The Legal Aid Soc., New York City, for appellant.

Frederick W. Thieman, U.S. Atty., Bonnie R. Schlueter (Argued), Asst. U.S. Atty., Pittsburgh, PA, for appellee.

Before: SCIRICA, NYGAARD and McKEE, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

NYGAARD, Circuit Judge.

Roderick Edwards appeals the district court's order denying his petition for habeas corpus relief. Edwards contends that the Bureau of Prisons improperly denied him sentence credit for the time he spent in home confinement on bond pending appeal. The district court denied his petition. The sole issue on appeal is whether his home confinement rises to the penal valence of "official detention" within the meaning...

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