U.S. District Court: CUSTODY LEVEL.

Posey v. Dewalt, 86 F.Supp.2d 565 (E.D.Va. 1999). A federal inmate petitioned for habeas corpus relief challenging a federal Bureau of Prisons decision to deny him minimum custody status based on a state detainer that had been filed against him. The district court dismissed the petition, finding that the inmate was not entitled to a prompt hearing on his alleged state parole violation, and the Bureaus consideration of his state detainer did not implicate a protected liberty...