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BOURKE v. HAWK-SAWYER

No. 00-5422.

269 F.3d 1072 (2001)

Michael BOURKE, Appellee, v. Kathleen M. HAWK-SAWYER, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided November 2, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilma A. Lewis, U.S. Attorney at the time the motion was filed, and R. Craig Lawrence and W. Mark Nebeker, Assistant U.S. Attorneys, were on the motion for summary reversal filed by appellant Kathleen M. Hawk-Sawyer.

Michael Bourke, pro se.

Before: GINSBURG, Chief Judge; HENDERSON and GARLAND, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge GINSBURG.

GINSBURG, Chief Judge:

On Motion for Summary Reversal

The question presented by this appeal is whether a federal prisoner claiming the Bureau of Prisons unlawfully declared him ineligible to be considered for a reduction of sentence may challenge that determination by a petition for mandamus. We hold that he may not; a writ of habeas corpus is the exclusive remedy for such a claim.

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