U.S. v. ROSS

No. 98-2345.

219 F.3d 592 (2000)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Nicholas J. ROSS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 5, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard L. VanWormer (submitted on brief), Office if the U.S. Attorney, Dyer, IN, for plaintiff-appellee.

Theodore T. Poulos (submitted on brief), Cotsirilos, Stephenson, Thighe & Streickler, Chicago, IL, for defendant-appellant.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and DIANE P. WOOD and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.

Nicholas Ross pleaded guilty in 1997 to possession of a firearm by a felon. Ever since then, Ross has steadfastly maintained that the district court should have imposed a sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act that reflected a reduction of 34 months, to account for the time he spent imprisoned on a related state burglary conviction before his federal sentencing. The district court, thinking that the Bureau of Prisons ("BOP") would...

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