Pimentel v. Gonzales.U.S. District Court TRANSFER Pimentel v. Gonzales, 367 F.Supp.2d 365 (E.D.N.Y. 2005). A prisoner brought a pro-se petition 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 a 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 (BOP) policy that limited his transfer to a Community Corrections Center, to the lesser of six months or the last ten percent of a prisoner's sentence. The district court granted the petition, finding that the BOP's policy was not an appropriate exercise of its discretion under the enabling statute A law that gives new or extended authority or powers, generally to a public official or to a corporation. that provided specific factors relevant to such placements. (Federal Bureau of Prisons, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of ) |
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