Punch and Jurists

Crickon v. Thomas, No. 08-35250 (9th Cir.) (579 F.3d 978) (August 25, 2009) (Judge Johnnie B. Rawlinson) by Here, a panel from the Ninth Circuit has held that the Bureau of Prison’s (BOP) policy on early release is invalid. For years, the BOP has categorically prohibited prisoners with certain prior …

Arrington v. Daniels, No. 06-35855 (9th Cir.) (516 F.3d 1106) (February 20, 2008) (Judge Stephen Reinhardt) by In this case the Court held that the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) had violated section 706(2)(A) of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) when it promulgated a regulation under its Residential Drug Abuse Treatment …