McLean
McLean v. Crabtree
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Wardlaw, J.
Federal prisoners Robert L. McLean, Raul Cruanas, Mario Mendoza, and Kao Saefong (collectively “Appellants”) appeal the district court’s denial of their 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petitions for habeas corpus. The district court rejected Appellants’ claims that the Bureau of Prisons (the “BOP”) violated their statutory and constitutional rights when it denied their requests for an 18 U.S.C. § 3621 (e)(2)(B) sentence reduction 1 on the basis of an Immigration and Naturalization Service (“INS”) detainer lodged against each. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and 28 U.S.C. § 2253 (a), and we affirm.
*1180 We review the district court’s decision to grant or deny a federal prisoner’s petition for habeas corpus de novo. See United States v. Cruz-Mendoza, 147 F.3d 1069, 1071-1072 (9th Cir.1998).
I
Appellants are presently serving custodial sentences 2 at the Federal Correctional Institute in Sheridan, Oregon (“FCI Sheridan”). While at FCI Sheridan, each completed a residential substance abuse treatment program despite his ineligibility for the sentence reduction incentive provided under the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, 18 U.S.C. § 3621 (e)(2)(B)…