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VENEGAS v. HENMAN

Nos. 97-30042, 96-11470.

126 F.3d 760 (1997)

Raymundo VENEGAS, Petitioner-Appellee, v. G.L. HENMAN, Warden Federal Detention Center, Oakdale, Louisiana, Respondent-Appellant. Steve P. WILSON; et al., Plaintiffs, Steve P. Wilson; Martin D. Arrasmith; Clyde Devers, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Roy Lee SIMPSON, et al., Defendants, Roy Lee Simpson; Ronnie Giambra, Defendants-Appellants, v. BUREAU OF PRISONS; Kathleen Hawk Davis; George E. Killinger, Warden, FCI Ft. Worth, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 31, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymundo Venegas, Oakdale, LA, pro se.

Thomas Burton Thompson, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Lafayette, LA, for G.L. Henman, Warden, Federal Detention Center, Oakdale, Louisiana.

Steve P. Wilson, Leavenworth, KS, pro se.

Martin D. Arrasmith, Forrest City, AR, pro se.

Clyde Devers, Fort Worth, TX, pro se.

Roy Lee Simpson, Fort Worth, TX, pro se.

Ronnie Giambra, Fort Worth, TX, pro se.

Claude D. Brown, Fort Worth, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before REYNALDO G. GARZA, SMITH and WIENER, Circuit Judges.

REYNALDO G. GARZA, Circuit Judge:

In the context of a habeas corpus petition, this Court reviews the district court's determinations of law de novo and its findings of facts for clear error. This appeal raises related issues of first impression in this Circuit. The Bureau of Prisons has authority to reduce, by up to one year, the sentences of offenders convicted of nonviolent offenses who successfully complete substance abuse treatment. The first issue is whether...

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