Rodriguez v. Smith, No. 07-16014 (9th Cir.) (541 F.3d 1180) (September 4, 2008) (Judge Johnnie B. Rawlinson)
In this case, a divided panel from the Ninth Circuit has held that the BOP's categorical rule that it will not consider placing inmates in Residential Re-entry Centers (RRCs) until they have six months or 10% of their sentences left violates congressional intent expressed in 18 U.S.C. ยง 3621 that ...
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