ELIJAH v. DUNBAR

No. 21-7352.

66 F.4th 454 (2023)

Larone F. ELIJAH, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Richard S. DUNBAR, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: April 21, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Sophia E. Evans , Holl M. Chaisson , UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW, Charlottesville, Virginia, for Appellant. Andrew Robert de Holl , OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: J. Scott Ballenger , Catherine E. Stetson , Appellate Litigation Clinic, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW, Charlottesville, Virginia, for Appellant. Adair F. Boroughs , United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee.

Vacated and remanded with instructions by published opinion. Chief Judge Gregory wrote the opinion, in which Judge Wynn and Judge Floyd joined.


This appeal stems from the district court's dismissal of Larone F. Elijah's ("Elijah") petition for habeas corpus relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. An incarcerated person at Federal Correctional Institution Williamsburg, Elijah alleged that the Bureau of Prisons had miscalculated his release date by not retroactively...

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