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LOPEZ v. TERRELL

No. 09 Civ. 8148(RJH).

697 F.Supp.2d 549 (2010)

Frank LOPEZ, Petitioner, v. Duke TERRELL, as Warden, Metropolitan Correctional Center—New York, and Joe Norwood, as Regional Director, Northeast Region, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Respondents.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

March 26, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nader Raymond Hasan, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY, for Petitioner.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

RICHARD J. HOLWELL, District Judge:

Federal law encourages prisoners to behave well. 18 U.S.C. § 3624(b) directs the Federal Bureau of Prisons ("BOP") to apply up to 54 days of Good Conduct Time ("GCT") against a prisoner's sentence for each year that he or she displays "exemplary compliance with institutional disciplinary regulations." The issue in this case is whether the statute permits prisoners to accrue GCT...

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