Jackson v. Ashcroft.U.S. District Court GOOD TIME Jackson v. Ashcroft, 347 F.Supp.2d 924 (D.Or. 2004). A federal prisoner petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus Noun 1. writ of habeas corpus - a writ ordering a prisoner to be brought before a judge habeas corpus judicial writ, writ - (law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer , challenging the federal Bureau of Prisons' (BOP) computation Computation is a general term for any type of information processing that can be represented mathematically. This includes phenomena ranging from simple calculations to human thinking. of his good-time credits. The district court denied the petition, finding that the BOP regulation that used the amount of time actually served by the prisoner as the basis for prorating prorating (prōrā´ting), n a clause in a contract with participating dental professionals wherein they agree to accept a percentage reduction in their billings to offset the amount by which the total cost of good-time credits, rather than the sentence imposed, was a reasonable interpretation of the statute governing the allocation of good-time credits. (Federal Bureau of Prisons Noun 1. Federal Bureau of Prisons - the law enforcement agency of the Justice Department that operates a nationwide system of prisons and detention facilities to incarcerate inmates sentenced to imprisonment for federal crimes BoP , Oregon) |
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