John Allen Dryer v. Samuel A. Lewis, Director

51 F.3d 279 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. John Allen DRYER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Samuel A. LEWIS, Director, et al., Defendants-Appellees. No. 92-15871. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Dec. 13, 1994. * Submission Vacated Jan. 3, 1995. Resubmitted April 3, 1995. Decided April 6, 1995. Before: TANG, SCHROEDER, and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 John Allen Dryer appeals pro se from the judgment entered after a bench trial in favor of the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADOC) in his Sec. 1983 suit. Dryer sought damages for defendant's allegedly improper calculation of early-release credits. The thrust of his complaint is that the Department should have given him early release credits for the period between March and October of 1987 while he was on status as an absconder from parole. Failure to do so, Dryer argues, resulted in the extension of the duration of his earlier sentence. After a bench trial, the district…