U.S. Appeals Court: REDUCTION.

• Position: Brief Article

Cook v. Wiley, 208 F.3d 1314 (11th Cir. 2000). An inmate challenged a federal Bureau of Prison (BOP) decision to deny him a sentence reduction for having completed a program because he had been convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm. The district court dismissed the action and the inmate appealed. The appeals court affirmed, finding...