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JACKS v. CRABTREE

Nos. 97-35029, 97-35030, 97-35039, 97-35111.

114 F.3d 983 (1997)

James L. JACKS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Joseph CRABTREE, Warden, Respondent-Appellee. Christopher B. ANDERSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Joseph CRABTREE, Warden, Respondent-Appellee. Anthony M. MASON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Joseph CRABTREE, Warden, Respondent-Appellee. Carter Leroy BROWN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Joseph CRABTREE, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided June 11, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen R. Sady, Chief Deputy Federal Public Defender, Wendy Rae Willis, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Portland, OR, for petitioners-appellants.

Kenneth C. Bauman, Assistant United States Attorney, Portland, OR, Demetra Lambros, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondents-appellees Joseph Crabtree and Kathleen Hawk.

Before: SKOPIL, BRUNETTI and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges.

KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge.

We decide whether the United States Bureau of Prisons (the Bureau) may deny an inmate who has completed a drug treatment program a one-year sentence reduction because of his prior conviction for a violent crime.

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Under the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, 18 U.S.C. § 3621(e)(2)(B), a prisoner who is convicted of a nonviolent offense and completes a required drug treatment program may be eligible...

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