20. Good time.

U.S. Appeals Court

GOOD TIME CREDIT

Brown v. McFadden, 416 F.3d 1271 (11th Cir. 2005). A federal prisoner petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus based on an alleged error in the calculation of his good conduct time (GCT). The district court denied the petition and the prisoner appealed. The appeals court affirmed, finding that it would defer to the regulation promulgated by the federal Bureau of Prisons that interpreted the phrase "term of imprisonment" to mean actual time served rather than the sentence imposed. (Federal Bureau of Prisons, Georgia)

U.S. Appeals Court

GOOD TIME CREDIT

Mujahid v. Daniels, 413 F.3d 991 (9th Cir. 2005). A federal prisoner filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, challenging the calculation of his good time credit by the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP). The district court denied the petition and the prisoner appealed. The appeals court affirmed. The court held that it would defer to the BOP's interpretation of the good time credit statute, which interpreted the ambiguous phrase "term of imprisonment" to mean actual time served. (Federal...