Pimentel v. Gonzales.

• Position: Cases of habeas corpus - Brief Article

U.S. District Court

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Pimentel v. Gonzales, 367 F.Supp.2d 365 (E.D.N.Y. 2005). A prisoner brought a pro-se petition for a writ of habeas corpus challenging a federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) policy that limited his transfer to a Community Corrections Center, to the lesser of six months or the last ten percent of a prisoner's sentence. The district court granted the petition, finding that the BOP's policy was not an...