U.S. v. Paige.

• Position: U.S. v. Paige, 369 F.Supp.2d 1257 - Brief Article

U.S. District Court

EXHAUSTION

U.S. v. Paige, 369 F.Supp.2d 1257 (D.Mont. 2005). A federal prisoner filed a habeas petition challenging the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) policy that precluded his placement in a community corrections center, as recommended by the sentencing court. The district court granted the petition, finding that the prisoner was not required to first exhaust his administrative remedies before the court could consider the petition, because by the time the inmate exhausted every available administrative remedy he would nearly be done serving his entire sentence. The court held that the statutes governing placement...