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Matheny v. Morrison.


U.S. Appeals Court

FINES

Matheny v. Morrison, 307 F.3d 709 (8th Cir. 2002). Two defendants appealed a district court decision that dismissed their habeas actions in which they claimed that the 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
, through its Inmate Financial Responsibility Program (IFRP IFRP Inmate Financial Responsibility Program (US Bureau of Prisons) ), illegally set the amount and timing of payments toward the financial obligations that were a part of their federal criminal sentences. The appeals court affirmed, finding that the Bureau of Prisons had the discretion to place the inmates in the IFRP because the sentencing courts had ordered immediate payment of court-imposed fines. (Federal Correctional Institution Noun 1. correctional institution - a penal institution maintained by the government
detention camp, detention home, detention house, house of detention - an institution where juvenile offenders can be held temporarily (usually under the supervision of a juvenile
, Forrest City, Arkansas Forrest City is a city in St. Francis County, Arkansas, United States. It was named as a result of General Nathan Bedford Forrest using the location as a campsite for a construction crew soon after the Civil War. )
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Title Annotation:defendants alleges Bureau of Prisons of discretion
Publication:Corrections Caselaw Quarterly
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1U7AR
Date:Feb 1, 2003
Words:102
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