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Lopez v. Davis 121 S.Ct. 714 (2001). A federal prisoner convicted of possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus challenging a federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) regulation. The regulation categorically denied early release to prisoners, based on completion of a drug treatment program, if a prisoner's current offense was a felony attended by the carrying, possession or use of a firearm. The district court granted the petition and the appeals court reversed. The United States Supreme Court held that the BOP had the discretion, under the governing federal statute, to promulgate a regulation that categorically denies early...