Punch and Jurists

U.S. v. Boyd, No. 09-1425 (7th Cir.) (608 F.3d 331) (June 11, 2010) (Judge David F. Hamilton) by The defendant in this case, Shabaka Boyd, pled guilty to number of charges including possession of crack cocaine and some related gun charges; and he was sentenced to an obscene 334 months …

U.S. v. Johnston, No. 7:09-CR-72-D (E.D.N.C.) (707 F.Supp.2d 616) (April 6, 2010) (Judge James C. III Dever) by Here the Court ordered a defendant to pay $1.6 million in restitution to two victims of his child pornography which had no chance of being paid since the defendant had no assets …

U.S. v. Lemoine, No. 06-50663 (9th Cir.) (546 F.3d 1042) (October 9, 2008) (Judge Richard R. Clifton) by Here the Court upheld the right of the BOP to increase the schedule of restitution payments under the BOP's Inmate Financial Responsibility Progran without obtaining an order from the sentencing court directing …

U.S. v. Young, No. 2:03-cr-00549-RLH-LRL (D.Nev.) (533 F.Supp.2d 1086) (December 11, 2007) (Judge Roger L. Hunt) by In a sweeping but cursory ruling, District Judge Roger Hunt rejected a series of challenges to the scope and validity of the Bureau of Prison’s Inmate Financial Responsibility Program (IFRP), the details of …

Geiger v. Federal Bureau of Prisons, No. CV 06 2218 CAS (RC) (C.D.Cal.) (487 F.Supp.2d 1155) (May 11, 2007) (Judge Magistrate) by This is an interesting decision involving a series of creative challenges by Ronald Geiger, a pro se inmate, to the BOP’s power to collect restitution payments under the …