Taylor v. Sawyer.U.S. Appeals Court SENTENCE Taylor v. Sawyer, 284 F.3d 1143 (9th Cir. 2002). A federal prisoner filed a habeas corpus habeas corpus (hā`bēəs kôr`pəs) [Lat.,=you should have the body], writ directed by a judge to some person who is detaining another, commanding him to bring the body of the person in his custody at a specified time to a petition alleging that the Bureau of Prisons violated vi·o·late tr.v. vi·o·lat·ed, vi·o·lat·ing, vi·o·lates 1. To break or disregard (a law or promise, for example). 2. To assault (a person) sexually. 3. his constitutional rights by refusing to give effect to the concurrent service of his state and federal sentences. The district court denied the petition and the appeals court affirmed af·firm v. af·firmed, af·firm·ing, af·firms v.tr. 1. To declare positively or firmly; maintain to be true. 2. To support or uphold the validity of; confirm. v.intr. . The court found that the Bureau was exercising its discretion to decline to treat the prisoner's federal and state sentences as concurrent. (Oregon State Penitentiary Oregon State Penitentiary (OSP), the first state prison in Oregon, United States, was originally located in Portland in 1851. In 1866 it was moved to a 26-acre site in Salem and enclosed by a reinforced concrete wall averaging 25 feet in height. ) |
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