U.S. District Court: CREDIT FOR TIME SERVED.

Russo v. Johnson. 129 F.Supp.2d 1012 (S.D.Tex. 2001). A state prisoner petitioned for habeas corpus relief and the district court denied the petition. The court found that absent a state statute, the prisoner bad no federal constitutional right to credit for time spent in out-of-state custody while he was an absconder from...