Good time.

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U.S. Appeals Court

GOOD-TIME CREDT

Pacheco-Camacho v. Hood, 272 F.3d 1266 (9th Cir. 2001). A federal prisoner sought review of the determination by the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) regarding good time credits to which he was entitled. The district court denied the petition and the appeals court affirmed. The appeals court upheld the BOP procedure that used the amount of time actually served by the prisoner, rather than the...